Hard drive storage capabilities: Is there a way to transfer files for hard drive storage ie. word docs, excel, etc.
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Yes, you can put the player in Removable Disc Mode, and set aside a portion of the hard drive (up to 16GB for the 30GB model).
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the best way to back up your files is to simply drag and drop or copy paste make couple of folders manually like my pics my doc ....and drop all your stuff there
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yes, put the hard drive in an external enclosure to convert it into an external hard drive
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Are you talking about cloning the contents of this drive to your computer? If so, yes. It is indeed possible, manually or with the help of freeware. I recommend the latter though. I did the opposite though as I have a 3TB drive. Good luck.
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Yes you can, just be careful the type of files you want to move to it. I read that raw files can be a problem.
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Yes it can. Look it up online, (even before you get it) and you can figure it out. Basically using a PC format the drive to FAT or exFAT file system. This can be read on Mac and PC. I did this. Had a Mac, it broke and I switched to a PC, used this to transfer my backed up files afer formatting it correctly. I also have since used it to transfer docs between other's Mac's and my PC. Works great.
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No, as far as I know you have to use the app to move anything into the drive using it as a stand alone drive. I originally wanted to use it on locations and such but data transfer is slow and the interface is horrendous. I'm sticking to my laptop and cabled drives for the time being.
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I am not sure, friend. I think you can also use the cloud, google doc or drop box. I don't save much on mine. I love to use Drop box for my business and jump drives for my person stuff.
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Yes! I just finished changing from HDD to SSD using this stuff. Please remember to deactivate your Microsoft Word and reactivate in your SSD because Microsoft is locked with hard drive.
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Yes you can. I worked with Filemaker on Mac and PCs and you're able to transfer the DBs easily.
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Yes you can. i tried it and it was effortless. but im not sure what you want to do. Best bet, go for it. This seagate is GREAT... im buying another formyself, and of course gift for loved ones.
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If you just want to copy files to another disk you can drag and drop from one disk to another. If you want to "clone" an existing hard drive so it can be use to replace the old hard drive, you need cloning software. You may be able to find a free trial version by Googling "Free Cloning software"
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Yes very easily. Open the hard drive file letter your hard drive is connected to example computer/a then drag that file to this letter. Etc Etc
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Yes, when you put the hard drive into this enclosure and plug it into another computer it will come up as a storage device and you'll have access to all files that are on it so you can copy your old pics and documents.
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If it's a external hard drive, you cannot because there's not enough power running through the device. But thumb drives and flash drives work fine but beware that they transfer very slowly
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No, I don't think you can. These drives are usually either for a Mac or PC and not interchangeable. I don't know of any that you could use for the purpose you want. Have you looked into something like Carbonite? There are others like this out there. This is a remote program to store your files and then you can get them from anywhere. You could look into this. It takes quite a while to save your files initially but then works in the background after that. Congrats for switching to a Mac. There is a learning curve but I'm sure, in the end, you will be glad you did!
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If you add an SSD, e.g. a Transcend 128Gb which is pretty inexpensive, it appears as an extra drive under the computer drive. It is possible to link items to the normal document, pictures etc file, but you have to make decisions about this. It is not automatically brought into use.