Does this drive show as a fixed disk or does it report as a device with removable media? IOW, is the fixed bit flipped? That's what I'm looking for.
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It was recognized as removable media BUT that was only for a few uses! I has not since been recognized at all! On my new iMac, the "old" iMac nor the Dell notebook (Windows)! It seems to be a doornail! Personally, I would stay away from Adata!
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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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I opened mine and the label on the disk says it is SATA. For what it is worth. But these new "My Passport" drives are plagued with a partition which pretends to be a read-only CD (it is called a virtual CD). It looks like U3 technology but U3 tools don't work on it. Many people have tried and failed to remove it. If you google "WD My Passport VCD" you will see what I mean. And you will probably decide to buy a Seagate drive instead.
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I don't know if you can be sure, but I bought mine over 3 months ago and it is the removable drive version.
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The picture is often used to depict a Hard Drive. The drive I received was in a normal case and it is working fine. NOTE: do not attempt to open the drive to see the inards - that would void your warrenty and could make the drive unusable.
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to you it looks like 1 drive. The firmware on the drive uses the ssd for the most active files. you don't control that. format the partition and load your os. i think you will like it! I am really very happy with the performance; it is very smooth and very consistent.
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Not sure... Maybe someone at Amazon made a deal with someone at Lenovo? Mine has the one T drive... The machine ROCKS.. The swappable bay means INFINITE storage.. so the one T drive didn't bother me...
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Recently I added a drive with data to mine. and I was able to restore the data, Back it up and format the drive for a new use. it worked well. I was using windows 7, I am not sure of the format I believe it was NTFS.
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Its a laptop, where do you plan on putting another drive? If you're asking about an external drive, i.e. a USB HD, they yeah sure it will see it just fine.
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I think so it is a NTF format hard disk. All digital. You can make many partition in it.
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I just checked www.wdc.com Typed in Serial Number from drive I received. Answer from WD: "The warranty for this product has expired. The product is not eligible for replacement. If you need technical assistance, please send us email." So either Seller is warranting this drive OR NO ONE IS!!! I, for one, would like to hear from the seller on this matter!
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As yet, I've not needed tech support. I installed a 1TB drive and as I mentioned in my review, the documentation leaves some to be desired. You _have_ to format the drive before the device will make it visible to computers plugged into the USB port. I verified that I can read 32GB CF and SD cards and that I can get the files off the drive over the USB port. Those are the main functions I'm counting on.
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The physical sector size of the 2TB drive was (surprisingly) 4096 making it a 4k /Advanced Format Drive. I no longer have the drive to verify my memory on this but that is what my review was about. Formerly Seagate's 2TB external Backup Plus drives were 512 making them compatible with Windows 7 backup and imaging utilities-that's why I say "surprisingly". Since there is no indication of this change on the packaging (even though there is a logo for Advanced Format 4kn-native-and Advanced Format 512e -emulation drives) you would not know it until you bought the drive and tried to use the utilities. If you already bought the drive you can run the command line: Fsutil Fsinfo ntfsinfo x: (where x: is the drive's letter designation) to verify-too little too late, unfortunately! It would be hard to convince me this isn't Seagate's deliberate omission and I think Amazon should have this information listed as well.
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I have a diskless version. I did buy the disk separatly and did not have any problem.i idid buy wd red label hd.
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I use Thumb drives and not mechanical Hard drives in my media-share. I had data on them and it was recognized. Fro that< I would assume that a Mechanical Hard Drive would react in the same manner.
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It's not so hard to remove the drive as Dante suggests. However, inerting the blade or screwdriver here and there will mark the case enough to prevent returns. Once inside the base, it can be removed and that allows you to crack the main case. Not much chance of getting it back unmarked though. Then you get the drive out. it is encased in a tin box. The rubber "feet" are actually screws. Remove them and you can probably get the drive out with the tinwork intact. Dunno. I had gone too far at that stage. Anyway, the drive is now running as an SATA drive in my mac, and since the box is USB 2, who cares if it does not work any more? Overall, the drive is probably less bought at a discount store than one bought at trade price as a bare drive. The difference is the warranty. The markings on the drive say clearly it is an OEM drive and has to be returned to the OEMer. HTH
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Hi Lori,You say you're unable to view anything on the drive but its recognized. Could you explain this more fully? Do any folders show up on the drive or anything?