Can I just use my computer hard drive..?
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Regarding HDD, an internal SATA 3.5" Consumer Electronics Grade one would be compatible with our system. We recommend that you only purchase Consumer Electronics Grade Hard Drives such as: Western Digital Audio Video Green Power (AV-GP), Seagate SV35 Series, Hitachi Cinema Star Series. So if you computer hard drive is an internal SATA 3.5" Consumer Electronics Grade one that would be ok, thanks.
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Yes, you actually can add a hard drive. There are caveats to what you can do and you have to "hack" the unit (by adding a text file to a special folder on the drive - about the simplest hack I can think of) but it is very easy. Search for "fun_plug dns 323" on the search engine of your choice.
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I have a Windows 8 computer and have no problem using it. The hard drive I have in the case is from a Windows 7 computer. No issues and no installation of software necessary.
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You can..bit you will be better of if you install windows and your most common used applications either on an internal SSD (best option) or an external flash drive. The system will be faster this way, and you can use your external 2TB for storing everything else.
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No, but you can use windows easy transfer application to backup and restore your data from old hard drive to new one.Hope that answers your question.
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You can hook up the drive but you might need a recovery program - I suggest "icare" - good program.
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I think so, as you won't be using is as the boot drive. You should.be able to access any good files.
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I was just able to partition a drive and load it on both computers. I've been useing a lot of answers from the internet for loading and moveing stuff around.
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yes, put the hard drive in an external enclosure to convert it into an external hard drive
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No, you need some kind of processing device to lay the data on the hard drive disk, like an operating system.
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I just saw that it's Windows 7 you want to go to. It's the same procedure basically. You need to get your data off that system if possible. You'll also need a Windows 7 install disk.
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Yes, you could format it as a NTFS or FAT32. Mac (as well as Windows obviously) supports both.
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As the others have said, it's just like hooking it up inside your computer as far as that goes. You can do the same things you could if it were installed as a permanent HDD, including formatting.
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I really do not remember purchasing the hard drive connected wit this question. The answer needs a question first what operating systems are you trying to use on the same computer. The ability also might be limited by your computer itself. There are many answers to your question if you just search your question on the Internet. On YouTube you can even get many short instructional videos to help you. Those people are much more in the know then me. Good luck.
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Not mandatory. You can use the drive as is. I kept the software on - just in case I changed my mind and/or computer. Be careful what you delete, some of the software is not related to the back up application.
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yes- normal drive like any other... you can do whatever you want with it in terms of partitions, boot and just storage.
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Not unless you have the right software to only read the hard drive. This device only turns the Hard Drive into an External Device. It has no options whatsoever.