as external hard drive?
1550591
It came as a bare drive. I used it to replace a 5400rpm laptop drive. If you want to use it as an external hard drive you will need to buy a separate case for a 2.5 inch Sata hard drive.
1972717
Yes, great for that purpose. Just remember to back up your files regularly :)
1002180
You can format your HDD to exFAT which is windows and Mac compatible. Maybe android will pick it up.
1071855
Buy a hard drive with a LAN port built into it. Western digital makes several at decent rates. Also do a search for "LAN external hard drive"
103520
Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
1609634
You can do that but the drive rebuilding process takes a long time and this unit isn't hot-swappalbe so you would have to shut down and open the case. You can attach external drives and back up files to them.
2030881
Sure. it just a HDD with some free software from WD. No need to install this software or keep it on a HDD ;)
1855232
no but has a port area where you can either add one or use an external drive
1408810
It's not a hard drive - just an enclosure. You would have to provide your own drive.
2045392
I'm able to use this drive as external drive and internal. You need to install the connector based on your application.
366627
I suppose you could, but it wouldn't be very fast. It would be better to use a flash drive.
1916788
This will work fine just like any other external USB drive. If you don't want it formatted as NTFS, it can be easily formatted as FAT32 or whatever your need is.
1142461
Yes...one of those micro sd cards. It is easier to just use USB (built in) & store on external hd or PC.
1573878
No -- and that is why I bought it -- strickly as an external storage drive. You just plug it in and use it from Finder/Windows Explorer. It contains software to use it as a backup drive, but I did not install it, nor did I have to do anything to prevent it from installing. I use it as one of my dual drives for redundant storage for my images as a photographer so I access it frequently -- it has worked flawlessly since I bought it.
1819008
YES, with an attachment cable. However, this would be a terrible use for a high performance drive such as this. You would be better off buying a 1TB external drive that is meant to be used as a backup drive. It would also be much cheaper.
1182535
Yes I'm running two hard drives. If you want more it would have to be an external.
1819010
Sure, you can use an external enclosure and use it as a backup drive. Just remember that it's a 2.5 inch drive (like in laptops), not a regular 3.5 inch (like in a pc).Cheers