i get the fact that its diskless but where do i back my data then?
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There are vendors that will sell you this NAS with hard drives already solved - but they tend to be much more expensive than just purchasing and installing the drives yourself.
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You don't "get the fact that its diskless". This simply means that the NAS is not shipped with hard disks. They must be purchased separately. I would suggest the WD NAS rated drives. Make sure to get 2 of them. Same size.
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As D. Huber said, "diskless" means that you get the NAS box but that it doesn't come with hard disk drives in it, which you must purchase separately. I too suggest you get Western Digital NAS-rated drives (e.g. the "Red" models). Get two of them with the same capacity; some might also suggest that you get them at two different times from two different sources, so as to minimize the possibility that you get two drives from the same, bum batch. Good luck!
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You need to format the drive before use. So if you have some files on it, you will lose that. Beware!!!!!
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I can't either! (make the NTI Back Up Now software work). I'm not very technologically savvy, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. Next, I tried backing up files using the Windows (I think) software that's already on my (Toshiba, with Vista) computer, because I was about to ship my computer and didn't want to risk losing files in transit. I thought I had backed up the photographs and documents that I deemed essential, but when I checked the drive to see if my files were on it, it is empty. I can't find any user manual for this on the web. Maybe it's the fault of Vista. Any suggestions?
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I could not find any option in the UI to do it, my guess is that data are not encrypted and if you take out the HD you can actually get access to the files.
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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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it backs up everything on it but if you mean does it backup the operating program ie xp or 7 I don't think so. ask Seagate.
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Yes it is diskless. You can chose what size disks you want for the total size
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No because it is reconditioned. All info can be found on the net at San Disk.
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I have not yet started using my 4TB Backup Plus, so I don't know the capabilities. Sorry.
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Not an expert on this, but after my own recent unbacked-up-data-loss fiasco, I *believe* Time Machine (part of Apple OS X) not only backs up each item---text file, photo, song, movie, etc.---on your computer, but creates a whole copy ("image") of the complete contents of your computer---including apps. In the event of data-loss disaster, you can simply restore your complete computer the way it was. This drive's features list describes it "Time Machine ready"
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No, it is a bare drive. I used a usb2IDE appliance and Clonezilla, a free OpenSource download.
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You cant, the drive is a cheap scam. The chip in it tells your computer it has 256gb of storage but in reality it probably has less than 1gb. This scam is successful because most people wont return this and just figure it a loss.
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No, it's an unformatted drive with no software loaded. You will need your own software to load.
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There is a manual on the disk that comes with it. If you don't have disk call the support line they are extremely helpful. They helped me with some questions I had.
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Hi, that is what I did with my clickfree. I backed everything up in Vista and upgraded to win 8 and then restored my files. However, while I got all folders and files back, 2/3 of the files had a size of 0 bytes which means that they were lost. I still have not been able to restore those files so 2/3 of my files were permanently lost. I did have some files backed up elsewhere but I still have not recovered from that and because of that I no longer use Clickfree. I had many conversations with their technical staff and they did not know what happened in my situation and eventually refused to return my calls. I don't know if this was unique to me or a systemic problem but I don't want to be the one to figure that out. Use with extreme caution and I would back up my files with some other way such as another hard drive and if Clickfree doesn't work you haven't lost everything. Earl
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You can format this drive to either FAT32, NTFS, ExFAT, or whatever. Will work for system backup or making a recovery disk.
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the best way to back up your files is to simply drag and drop or copy paste make couple of folders manually like my pics my doc ....and drop all your stuff there