Can this be used with go-flex and/or free agent desk harddrives. they both have similar looking swappable bases?
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Seagate GoFlex Desk and Seagate Backup Plus both fit this Thunderbolt base. I'm not familiar with the Free Agent drive though.
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Yes you absolutely can. i have 2- 4tb seagate go flex drives sitting on these and daisy chained together into a thunderbolt port on a iMac. they can also be used in the same mannor on usb 2.0/3.0 they work great
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Yes you absolutely can. i have 2- 4tb seagate go flex drives sitting on these and daisy chained together into a thunderbolt port on a iMac.they can also be used in the same mannor on usb 2.0/3.0they work great
455337
I'm not sure - but the port in the bottom pretty much fits any hard drive - although it wouldn't sit as snug, it still fits...
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No, this will not work for any situation in which the connectors have to line up with where they would be, compared to a 3.5" desktop hard drive. In order for this to work, they need to offer a new product where the mount puts the SSD to the side of the tray instead of centering it.
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We have several of these as back up power supplies for our 1 TB SeaGate Free Agent GoFlex hard drives (3). They work perfect! Not sure about your term "Desk Adapter PN:...... But it will power the GoFlex perfectly. Hope this helps!!
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Greetings,Great question!Yes, absolutely. The two drive types can be installed and utilized in conjunction with one another.Best regards,MITXPC
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No. The Backup Plus is a portable hard drive, which means it's using a smaller laptop hard drive inside. This is meant for their Seagate GoFlex drive which is non portable and uses a larger desktop drive. My advice would be to get a portable USB enclosure with USB 3.0 compatibility, take the actual hard drive out of your Backup Plus, and put it in the new enclosure.
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The one your referring to is not a GoFlex drive which means you can't swap out the connector for a USB 3.0 drive in the event you need to connect that drive to a none thunderbolt drive.
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Hi, It looks like an IDE Hard drive (it was a small picture I found) so yes it should work with this.
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I do not understand why it's not recognizing your GoFlex but I will say I myself use the Thunderbolt USB cable with my GoFlex and I've never had a problem with it. If you do not use the Thunderbolt cable then go to Seagate to download the driver so it will recognize your GoFlex. I DO recommend the Thunderbolt cable for FASTER transfer with any or ALL devices. Hope this helps ya and good luck !
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To answer your question...yes, USB is backwards compatible. However, given the context of your question that is irrelevant. The hard drive does not dictate the USB version (or corresponding transfer speed) - that is dependent on the USB Controller (built-into the external enclosure)....an "older" SATA drive could be mounted into a USB 3 enclosure and a brand new drive could also be mounted in a USB 1 enclosure. You really just need to make sure the drive you are mounting uses the same connector as the enclosure (e.g. PATA or SATA). HTH
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I haven't tried that with it, but the connections are the same, so I would assume that it would work. I have only used it for hard drives. but it works for both sizes. I think it would work
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Theoretically, you can since the dock mode presents the two HDDs in JBOD layout from my understanding but I've only used it to clone HDDs. Please confirm with StarTech instead, I'm just one of the many customers.
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Unless there are limitations imposed by your motherboard, you can; however, the concept of using striped format is really something that helps hard drives with movable disks. Nevertheless, I've never tried it, but it sounds feasible. Good luck
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This question can't be answered because it is too generic. In other words, it all comes down to what type of case or hot swap system you are using as there are different ways and methods of sliding and locking it the drives depending upon the manufacturer. You will just have to roll up your sleeps and do the research for yourself.
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If you take the 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim drive out of its enclosure (this is a well documented procedure) the SATA drive inside should certainly be compatible with this unit.
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This box only works with the SATA hard drive. If what you have is the older IDE type hard drive it will not work. Amazon sell a transfer kit combo that will let you connect and type of hard drive to make your transfers. I ended up getting one of these because of it's versatility. I just plug the external drive into the proper plug and then into the USB and it is ready for transfer. hope this helps.
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Yes! It works beautifully in a low profile case. I use it with a USB 3.0 Thermaltak SATA HD dock, and backup my 1.5 TB HD in minutes. You'll love it!
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It works with go flex drives but I have not tried it with a desktop drive.. I also use bare SSD drives quite effectively.