Lucky mine came with HDD. (previous owner?) I formatted it. Can someone point me in the right direction to get started?
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Remote to its IP address to configure it, then go to myakitio dot com and register your mac address of the box to a username.
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Well once it is complete you can navigate to the seagate drive through finder and try to open the files to verify they are there. How it is done? I still have not gotten it to work, but seagate sent me some info because I have had trouble. Check seagate's website.
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I haven't used the software that came with the device. But you should be able to right click on the drive and select "Format" to wipe the HD.
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No it's a blank hard drive. You will need to format to what ever operating system u are using.
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The unit I purchased came with a 500GB HDD. I don't know if it's offered with other options.
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Fornat it.. just type in youtube " How to Format a Hard drive or SSD drive" if that wont work... than its prob broken, i suggest returning it if it is
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I think my drive was formatted with ntfs but I can't remember for sure. I have received drives both formatted and blank. Drives I have received with back up software already installed have, for the most part, been formatted with ntfs.
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No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
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I honestly can't remember if it came with a disc or a software because I didn't use any. It worked right out of the box (I recommend formatting it first though). Do you need a software? If you do, you can probably download it from their website.
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Control Panel, Admin tools, disk management should see the drive even if not formatted yet. If it does not then you have a defective unit.
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As I answer, remember... my hard drive got wiped. Make certain you switch your hard drive to "slave" status if you haven't already. Otherwise, you should be OK.
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Try another disk, if that doesn't change then possibly your missing or damaged driver for the drive. Other possibly the drive I'd bad.
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I can't remember any pre-installed programs being on this drive when I bought it but there certainly aren't any on it now, and I have not formatted it. It's possible I deleted a folder or two when I got it but I can't remember.
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Really? Mine came with no disc and I bought a 64 gig. Check out the manual.
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Sorry to be answering so late.The only thing I changed, that I remember is the boot order. I made sure it looked for the disk first. I also found that the company helped, they even responded with an email. Hope this helped.
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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.
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The install routine will ask you where to install. When it does this you can choose to format the drive and then install. I like the others recommend a clean install.