can i use it as i would an additional internal HD storing and updating daily files (with Excel or Word)
940807
Yes, the Seagate is a versatile external drive that connects to your PC via USB cord. You are able to save and update files daily.
940808
well just insert your usb cable in your computer and the files will back up in the device every day or let it pluged in and save your files in a folder in the device
940809
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.
940810
It will work just fine as an extra drive. It can be accessed just as you do any internal drive. What you cannot do with the Dashboard software is to do automatic backups if the drive is connected to your router. It should be able to do automatic backups but only if the drive is connected directly to a USB port on your computer.
2007760
Good Question, I haven't had the opportunity to test it out. I'm not sure if the file type will be support. I'll test it and send out an update. Bobby
1078839
I think it would be fine, it has plenty of power for that. A nice free Office package is "Kingsoft Office" I highly recommend it, you may also want to buy a micro SD card to expand your storage too.
922420
You can..bit you will be better of if you install windows and your most common used applications either on an internal SSD (best option) or an external flash drive. The system will be faster this way, and you can use your external 2TB for storing everything else.
545222
Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
1357047
Yes, you can use it for your windows laptop, but you need format it by exFAT
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
1064246
Whatever fits your personal need. I would do cloud storage since I'm on the go. But here are some of your options 1) External HDD 2) Cloud storage 3) USB sticks
1164704
Yes. You can specify which folders to be backed up, the type and frequency to be used.
208367
Internal drive is the primary use so should be ok as long as you have the right connection which I believe for this drive is SATA.
1296750
I don't see why not. If your PC recognizes the external drive, you should be ok. The only problem will be format. Your text from the word processor will have to be able to be translated into something your PC can read. If you have a problem, I suggest you give the Geek Squad a call. Tell them you just bought an external 3.5 floppy and you need to know how to download onto your PC. They may have a suggestion.
375679
Yes, You absolutely can... I recommend buying a 250 gb hard drive. They cheap and it will help you a lot...
1810608
If you are backing up to an external drive, you will be fine. You can program the software to make scheduled backup to any drive but I do not know if you can change were the data resides unless you do that at installation of the software.
980276
As the others have said, it's just like hooking it up inside your computer as far as that goes. You can do the same things you could if it were installed as a permanent HDD, including formatting.
2081756
Yeah, probably... 2 different file systems, but there is a way. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518
919443
Sorry, I run Windows, don't do "I" products, the actual available storage is slightly less than 500GB's, so if you need 500 I'd go bigger, there is a 750 & a 1TB on Amazon
2259477
That's what I use it for. As long as the HD isn't damaged and the files aren't corrupted it should work.