Do i have to download something to maked this hard drive work? and if so where do i download it from?
1046808
no nothing that i know of it worked perfectly for me all i had to do was re format it
2025507
Iam sorry, I do not have the slightest idea what hard drive it uses. Best bet is to call customer service
1238653
you will have to download the driver from the internet [for the latest] or use the included cd rom... its not difficult. standard install. i had no problem...
1103293
I ordered the 80g from Rakuton, it was shipped from Referbished PC and worked only two days. I am really not sure what the hard drive actually is.
1128924
That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
1183134
This hard drive never worked, even had to pay people to come work on it. I have filed a claim
1680954
Go to B links website and download the software. I also got a error with the download though. I am using windows 7 (64). The software works, but it sometimes blue screens my computer when i plug the USB in. Good luck!
489158
It should work. What do you mean not recognized? Can you not see the drive in Disk Utilities in order to format the drive?
1302097
The drive itself needs a sata data cable and a hard drive power supply cable(don't know the name of that) look on best buy or some store that has these two cables on one end and a USB/ port on ur laptop for the other.
2101581
I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.
518370
Download the manual, from the disc, and follow the instructions..Worked for me on Windows 7
1106184
There is no drivers to download. It's just plug and play. It connects like a flash drive. It should show up in Windows explorer/library.
740882
No, you have to download the drivers. I downloaded it to a thumb drive on a different computer and then opened on my other computer. Works fantastically!
1229343
I don't have that hard drive but my HD doesn't work with the hub so I suspect yours probably will not work either. The HD is one of the few things that doesn't work.
453056
All you have to do is format the hard drive and install Windows 7. As for the drivers I am sure you can get drivers to work, you may have to mix and match, look for an older model that comes with Win7, and search the drivers for that model, should work, most of the components are the same. But I have not done it to this particular system... I want to cause Win8 is crap!!! But I have done this before on other systems and it worked so....
790831
I am running windows 8.1 (64) on a laptop. I probably loaded a driver that came with the drive, but I did not download anything. I have had no problems at all except that I would like to operate throught a usb3 hub and that is not reliable. I use the unit heavily and highly recommend it. good luck!
1041569
Typical you would want a Western Digital purple drive. You can try this drive. It should work tho.