Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWGJIY/ref=ox_ya_oh_productThanks,Smitha Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? » Read More Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit? Does Seagate 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive work with Vista(R) Home Premium SP1 64 bit?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWGJIY/ref=ox_ya_oh_productThanks,Smitha « Show Less
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Seagate's website claims all the "Go" series products are compatible with 64-bit Vista: http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=196031. It specifically lists Vista Home premium there, and you can find a download for the 64-bit software on their website, too. They put in bold print that they "now" support 64-bit, so the earlier reviewer was probably right at the time he/she wrote the review.
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I believe this drive is backwards compatible with USB 2. I have the same drives and had no trouble with using USB 2.
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I have windows vista and onlydvd/cd drives. I used the external USB 1.44 to read disks I've had for years. It did the job I needed it to do. It did not read all the information on the disks as software has changed for the software I used back then.
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Yes it will work, the drive is exceptional faster than a standard, the only flaw I had seen, With Windows 7, or the bios at first instal it confused my D drive as the primary rather than the C, So I had to reformat and reinstall, the second time was all good though. I like it, It works great for me, I can hear windows booting even before my screen comes up after bios boot. Considering the price v/s solid state, I will get me another hybrid. You can never go wrong with Seagate quality anyways, that is why banks prefer Seagate in there PC's.
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It works fine with Windows 7, including both Home Premium 32/64 bit and Ultimate 64 bit (those are the systems I have). Think about it....why would Microsoft, of all companies, create a product that is not compatible with their latest operating system?
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I got a WD Passport 160 GB USB 2.0 Drive today. - It does not work on my 4-year old Compaq Presario 900 laptop (XP home with SP2). Nothing happens. - So far no trouble running it on my newer HP Pavilion dv4000 (XP home with SP2).With all the comments about working or not working with laptops I keep my fingers crossed! Noticed that reviews earlier this year were far more negative than more recent one's. Did they improve the product??
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I purchased at 1 terra byte drive and it worked fine on our Win 7 laptop so I see no reason why the 500 gb drive wouldn't work just fine too.
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I have an older Seagate External HD (1.5TB) and a few 3TB Western Digital HD. I have them hooked to my Window 7 desktop through the Anker USB 3.0 hub; so far I have no issues. When not accessing data on my external HD, the disks do spin down gracefully and go to "sleep"...so far I have not had any issues with this device...hope this helps...
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I'm using Vista 64 bit and it works excellent with my Vista, I can't truly say a factual yes but, I feel it should work without any problems.
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I have Seagate 3TB external HD USB 3 and it works with this ok it just takes awhile on reboot or start up for Windows 7 to pick it up.
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It works with Windows 7 - 32 & 64 bit, Windows XP, Window 8... I haven't tried it with Vista, but I have no doubts that it will work just fine.
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I never used it with Vista Home Premium, but Epson's website says it is compatible with Vista. But read this from the Epson web site about installing drivers:http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supAdvice.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&type;=highlights&noteoid;=86150. Says not to insert the install disk that comes with the printer. I would give it a try, as Amazon would let you return it if it does not work.
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As far as I understand it, the hard drive, once formatted with the third party cable, ONLY works if the cable is plugged into the system and the hard drive (which should now be 32 GB) is linked with the cable and NOT where the hard drive originally should be. This is due to the hard drive now being read as an external storage device. If you have a first party cable, then once you have moved your data, the cable has done its job and is no longer necessary. It all comes down to if you have a cable straight from Microsoft or one from another company. I hope this helps. =-)
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I would assume that it would, but I do not use Windows products, I believe that the instructions that came with the Seagate said it will work with Windows. I know it works fine as my backup disk for my iMac.
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Any external USB hard drive can be used via the USB ports, the seagate HD is necessary to for the "convenient" slide in interface (it still leaves both USB ports open)
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I have Vista Home Premium and it works fine. Was recognized as soon as I plugged it in.
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I installed 2 "Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0 Black Desktop Hard Drive STCA4000100" and it seems to be working fine. I found it cheaper to pull them from the housings.