Want to buy the Seagate Backup Plus 2tb. Have old computer with XP SP3. What USB cable 2.0 do I want (ie male to male, male to something else)?
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You will want to get a standard Micro USB cable (USB A Male to Micro B Male). Something like this: AmazonBasics USB Cable - 2.0 A Male to Micro B - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters)However, this is probably unnecessary since the drive will come with a cable that will work. You can use a USB 3 cable on a USB 2 port.
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You will want to get a standard Micro USB cable (USB A Male to Micro B Male). Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-Cable-Micro-Meters/dp/B003ES5ZSW/ However, this is probably unnecessary since the drive will come with a cable that will work. You can use a USB 3 cable on a USB 2 port.
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You do not need to buy a USB cable as one is already included(male to male 3.0) listed under description from manufacturer.
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The one we have is usb 3, according to Seagate's website there is a firewire 800 and usb 2.0. Evidently Seagate is making different versions.
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You can use the cable that came with the drive (actually, you have to since USB 3.0 has one different end). It will automatically transfer data at 2.0 speeds.
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Any USB 2.0 standard Type A male to B male, like this one (color doesn't matter): http://www.sfcable.com/UB12-10-CLR.html
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Absolutely. Like most products, USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. You can also upgrade the Seagate to Firewire 8.0 or Thunderbolt with available connectors.
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Format to PC is easy just plug to a windows machine and use disk manager tool; but you may consider buy the windows ready version since is cheaper; USB 2.0 compatibility is with same original cable
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USB 2.0 needs a 2.0 cable, 3.0 needs a 3.0 cable. A 2.0 cable is USB on either end. The 3.0 has one USB and one MiniUSB connecting to the hard drive. They are not compatible. Please note about this hard drive, that it does not come with a US power cord/adapter. While in the manual it does show one, in the actual package I was bummed to find I didn't get one.(I bought one at the local radio shack)
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Corinne, I use this portable hard for my laptop, uses a USB cable and the program Seagate provides works fine and is user friendly. I hope I helped>
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Any external drive would work. If you are getting a new one, I would look for one that takes advantage of the fast usb 3.0 connection. I picked the Samsung SE-218 because it was also thin and light and had a similar finish.
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I'm not sure why QNAP would suggest Seagate drives, their failure rate is much higher than Western Digital or Hitachi. Just google for it, you'll see what I mean.
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Spec sheet says USB 3.0, where are you seeing 2.0 ? http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/server/content/pdfs/datasheets/ThinkServer_TS130_Datasheet.pdf
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It comes with a USB 3.0 adapter and cable. Does your old one support USB 3.0? The female connector is different than previous. The adapter aspect is more like I'm not computer literate but the L shape power and sata data input. Hope that helps
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Take a look at Western Digital's My Book (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Essential-External-WDH1U10000N/dp/B000VZCEUI/ref=/ref=cm_cd_t_sims_t). I have one of those along with this Seagate FreeAgent. So far both are running strong and without error *fingers crossed*.
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I bought one and I use it. Windows 7 Backup doesn't work with it, so I use a 3rd party backup. It has a USB 3 interface, but I have only USB 2. The disk works fine.
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Yes, you canBuy this: Sabrent Ultra Slim USB 2.0 to 2.5-Inch SATA External Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure [Black] (EC-UK25)
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I bought the Hewlett Packard 15k sas drive not seagate. I wish I had bought that brand though
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I had the same issue. I even attempted to connect this to a "powered" USB port and still had nothing happen. I recently had the opportunity to test a Seagate Backup Plus Portable 1TB drive, which has a removable USB3.0 to SATA adapter. The Seagate adapter worked perfectly on all the drive I tested (i.e., 2.5" and 3.5" 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB). I'm now looking for a quality USB3.0-to-SATA adapter with a single cable, like the Seagate one.