Can this be used externally as a back up drive
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.
1819009
Yes, if you put it in an enclosure, but that seems a bit silly when it's best used as the main drive for your OS. Data that is not accessed frequently is best put on a larger and less expensive HDD, while frequently accessed OS files and program installations can be put on a drive like this which will have the largest effect on speeding up a PC.
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
1819011
yes , all you need is to put it in an external box. good thing it uses less power and has no moving parts so its stronger than conventional drives
1819012
Yes - that is what I use it for. I purchased an enclosure for it. It takes it's power from the computer it is connected to.
1819013
Yeah it could provided you have the right cables, however if you want to backup your files I'd recommend a regular 1 TB hard drive since this would be a very overpriced external hard drive. You can use a USB 3.0 external hard drive if you really want fast speeds and they'll have more space than this drive to boot.
1819014
Not meant for that purpose, but if you had connectors to mbo to ssd as wired inside the case why not. Need a suitable mount or external case as in a raid storage drawer with 3.5" mounts convertrd down to 2.5"for holding ssd's.
1819015
Yes, but you would need to install it in an external enclosure sata box with power supply.
1819016
It has standard SATA data and power connectors so yes it can if you have an external case or cables that can use those connectors. The connectors are exactly like that of an internal SATA hard drive.I would not use a SSD disk as a backup drive if you plan to write to it many times (1000s) over your planed use. If you have a USB3 interface on the machine you are doing the backups from an USB3 external drive is very fast for backups.
496139
Like most external USB drives, I'd not rely on it for long-term backups over one year. Augment it with a cloud product that is acceptable for the type of data being backed up (i.e. personal, confidential, commercial, etc.). In my experience, none of the disks used in these devices are high-grade, and in commercial applications, we'll go to a NAS with RAID.
1346696
No, it's intended as a desktop drive, meaning the external power supply is needed. But it's worth checking out LaCie's portable HDs. I have a 250GB Porsche-designed one that's been a workhorse for years.
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.
1209979
Presently I have a drive connected to it as a backup device for my laptop. Temporarily. However it is mostly used to check drives and retrieve data.
847132
yes depending on what the intended use of the drive is. If you intend to use it as a backup source then the use is straight forward but be aware that these drives have backup software preinstalled on them so you need to access the drive to use this software and foollow the instructions in the software as you use it to et the most out of the use of the backup capaibility of the drive if you need further instructions you might go on the internet to buffalo's website or call their 1-800 number for tech assitance. I hope you know that this drive run by a supplied cable on you USB port on your computer and connected to your drive you can go from there I hope this answers your basic question. yes depending on what the intended use of the drive is. If you intend to use it as a backup source then the use is straight forward but be aware that these drives have backup software preinstalled on them so you need to access the drive to use this software and foollow the instructions in the software as you use it to et the most out of the use of the backup capaibility of the drive if you need further instructions you might go on the internet to buffalo's website or call their 1-800 number for tech assitance. I hope you know that this drive run by a supplied cable on you USB port on your... » Read More yes depending on what the intended use of the drive is. If you intend to use it as a backup source then the use is straight forward but be aware that these drives have backup software preinstalled on them so you need to access the drive to use this software and foollow the instructions in the software as you use it to et the most out of the use of the backup capaibility of the drive if you need further instructions you might go on the internet to buffalo's website or call their 1-800 number for tech assitance. I hope you know that this drive run by a supplied cable on you USB port on your computer and connected to your drive you can go from there I hope this answers your basic question. « Show Less
374384
not internally.. it's too thick... but you can install in an external enclosure. Make sure you buy one that can fit its height because it's thicker than the average 2.5" drives.
267956
It can be used as a back up hard drive. You would need a sata to usb adapter to transfer data.
208367
Internal drive is the primary use so should be ok as long as you have the right connection which I believe for this drive is SATA.
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.
1770073
You could if you have a USB-to-SATA cable that has a power connection as well. Though, honestly, you're better off using an actual external hard drive than an internal hard drive hooked up like that. USB-to-SATA cables are generally used for hooking up a hard drive temporarily to recover data, install an OS, or other similar issues.
1366217
Yes I am using it internally, but it could be used as an external back up also
945956
You can format this drive to either FAT32, NTFS, ExFAT, or whatever. Will work for system backup or making a recovery disk.
1442728
You should be able to however I would think external drives or sever would be a lot more efficient.
532102
I use mine as a manual back up. You connect to your computer and it registers as another drive automatically.
381623
I don't see why not. I used to have a SATA drive in an external enclosure, formatted for Windoze and used as an eSATA drive. It worked for quite a while 'til the drive failed.
1176311
Not internally. These are very small desktops. Like.any other pc they will support an external USB drive.