Will this disk work as a regular desktop EXTERNAL hard disk drive?
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It will, but it's designed for audio/visual file types. This one is designed to work best in Tivo's, Roku's, video security recording systems and the like.The firmware of this drive is designed to ignore occasional errors and instead offer very smooth video streaming. Ignoring occasional errors is not a problem for video files, as we won't notice the random missing or mis-colored pixel on screen.For standard computer files, you want a drive that catches and corrects all the errors - a missing or incorrect bit in Windows or an application will often cause the app to crash, or end up with a corrupted document.You'll want to use a non-AV rated HD for normal computer use. It will, but it's designed for audio/visual file types. This one is designed to work best in Tivo's, Roku's, video security recording systems and the like.The firmware of this drive is designed to ignore occasional errors and instead offer very smooth video streaming. Ignoring occasional errors is not a problem for video files, as we won't notice the random missing or mis-colored pixel on screen.For standard computer files, you want a drive that catches and corrects all the errors - a missing or incorrect bit in Windows or an application will often cause the app to... » Read More It will, but it's designed for audio/visual file types. This one is designed to work best in Tivo's, Roku's, video security recording systems and the like.The firmware of this drive is designed to ignore occasional errors and instead offer very smooth video streaming. Ignoring occasional errors is not a problem for video files, as we won't notice the random missing or mis-colored pixel on screen.For standard computer files, you want a drive that catches and corrects all the errors - a missing or incorrect bit in Windows or an application will often cause the app to crash, or end up with a corrupted document.You'll want to use a non-AV rated HD for normal computer use. « Show Less
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This drive has a SATA interface which is usually an internal interface. It could work as an external drive if you have a drive enclosure that converts USB to SATA but even then it's the wrong drive for the application. This drive is meant to be used for recording and streaming video 24/7 and does not have a lot of the error detection and correction functions normally used on a computer drive.
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This was an internal drive but with an external hard drive case, im sure it would work.
1116615
it will work if this statement in the advertisement is true:"Supports Standard Desktop 3.5-Inch SATA or IDE Desktop Hard Drives"
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Yes. It is an external hard drive. It will behave as another drive on your computer.
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Yes. It works as an external drive. It can use a SATA (not PATA) drive. You can use a 3.5" (desktop drive) or 2.5" (laptop drive) but only SATA. If you have a 3.0 USB in your desktop then it works really fast.
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ONLY IF YOU USE IT AS A EXTERNAL DRIVE in a external box.USING A USB CABLE.. Other than that No.
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No. This not a laptop-size hard drive. It would fit in a desktop computer. I bought it to serve as a back-up drive that I can keep safe off-site. It fits in an Anker hard drive dock that I bought specifically to create back-ups.
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Generally if it has a standard SATA connection, it should work. The only thing I could see a possible issue with would be the encryption that the drive uses and if special software would be necessary. I don't know much about that type of drive.
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standard laptop, yes. You may need to resize partitions if the size of the storage differ
460230
I strongly expect not. This is a full size (3 1/2") disk drive made for desktops.
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Initial setup should be done by connecting to your PC. Once that is complete you can use it as a 'normal' external hard drive.
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No, it can work in as standard desktop drive. Being designed for NAS though means it will tolerate being in close proximity to a lot of other disks, for both heat dispersion and resistance to vibrations caused by the other drives. You may be able to get a drive that has better overall performance and a larger cache in a non-NAS version for the same or lower price.
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It is a standard drive, not solid state storage. Not sure of interface technology?
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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
813651
This is not an internal or external hard drive. It is an external casing. So it does not matter what the OS is as long as you have USB support, the enclosure should work.
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You can use this as a regular hard drive in a desktop but ONLY if you aquire a PCI-Express adaptor card to NGFF SSD format (NOT MSATA). The adaptor card should be at leasta 2x speed if not 4 or even 8 to be able to take advantage of the performance that this device delivers.
1800129
Yes. Should work as any external HD. This is just a shell for a drive to go into.
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Yes it will work. If using an external hard drive, you may have to format to enfat