Can you use this hdd as the stand alone hdd in your system?
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Hi. If your system supports an internal 3.5 inch hard drive slot and supports SATA 2 or SATA 3 connection, then yes this can be used in your system.
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No, just make sure that you remove the adapter on the existing drive to use with this one.
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I appreciate this very much! One of the comments on this hard drive had me wondering if I could hook it in with what I have, so thank you.
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This unit has drives already installed. You want the diskless version if you want to pick your own drives
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I use mine like any other external hard drive. Read/Write like any other hard drive on the system.
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Greetings,Great question!Yes, absolutely. The two drive types can be installed and utilized in conjunction with one another.Best regards,MITXPC
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Sure, you can use an external enclosure and use it as a backup drive. Just remember that it's a 2.5 inch drive (like in laptops), not a regular 3.5 inch (like in a pc).Cheers
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yes, you can,I used mine that way for a while but I would suggest that you wrap the drive in some like a static bag if using a metal case.
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You sure can, there is no need to format the drives before installing. I bought this to take my two drives from an old desktop that had died, each that had plenty of data, and had it up and running with my new laptop in no time at all with full access to all of the old data. I've now used this with both Windows XP and Windows 8 without any issues, and have since swapped in a new drive from another old desktop.
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No -- and that is why I bought it -- strickly as an external storage drive. You just plug it in and use it from Finder/Windows Explorer. It contains software to use it as a backup drive, but I did not install it, nor did I have to do anything to prevent it from installing. I use it as one of my dual drives for redundant storage for my images as a photographer so I access it frequently -- it has worked flawlessly since I bought it.
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Not to use as the main storage disk. You'll have to use a HDD with SATA hook ups.
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yes, you can plug a new or unformatted HDD in and (re)format it to your specs
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Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
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If you set it to single drive mode you can. but if you use it as just single drive mode your better off getting the probox rather than the proraid
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Yes, you are. I did something similar with mine, moving the hard drive into a different enclosure, safer and more useful for me. The only thing is that I had to reformat the hard drive after making the operation.
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Yes, I have. There is no problem doing this as these drives are generic. However, the company I bought it from sent me one which appeared new (with new packaging) but tested as having thousands of hours of use on it. The test said it was working just fine but it wasn't a new device. I did not pursue the matter further as I did not intend to put this computer into daily use and it was not worth the hassle.
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Yes you can! Simply leave the unit in JBOD mode and install any drives to access them. The drives will not be reformatted or overwritten. Please let us know if you have further questions. Oyen Digital Support