Can you Install programs directly on this Hard Drive?
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The drive shows up as a network drive but you should be able to install programs on it. If you just want an external drive to install programs on you wouldn't need this network drive. You could do that on any external hard drive that is not networked. You would only need this drive if you wish to have access to your files and data while away from your computer say on a laptop or other desktop computer.Hope this helps.uspilot
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When I was trying to configure the software it did say you could install software to the drive. Beware, I have had extensive issues with this product of which tech support can not resolve.
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The drive shows up as a network drive but you should be able to install programs on it. If you just want an external drive to install programs on you wouldn't need this network drive. You could do that on any external hard drive that is not networked. You would only need this drive if you wish to have access to your files and data while away from your computer say on a laptop or other desktop computer. Hope this helps. uspilot
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This device uses Linux as SO. There is an option to allow you to do it. But, you'll need to get the root privilege on the device. And, if you are absolutely comfortable with Linux, my guess is read a lot before, do a back up first and don't count on the EMC/Iomega after a failure they will do nothing to help you. Take look at: http://iomega.nas-central.org/wiki/Main_Page - a lot of good information tehre !
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Yes, you can back up the applications, but why would you want to do that if you have the original software. Even if you do back up an application like MS Office you will probably have to reinstall it. I don't think it will run from the Seagate drive. At least, that's my understanding.
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Yes you can install any application that currently installs to win7. The interface is the exact same.
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Yes you can, you would need to have the hard drive connected through your computer.
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Dj, you can do this as long as you have an image on a USB drive or a windows 7 install disc available as well as a product key, of course.
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Yes you can. Just create the partition using the disc utility. (Applications/Utilities/Disc Utility) Hope this helps!
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Yes you can as you have a slot for it. You will need to clone over the existing install or reinstall Windows. There are also USB enclosures and normal SATA adapters.
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I have not tried this, but with the advanced program (on included disk), which I have not yet tried, I would imagine it is possible and much more!
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I wouldn't see why not it comes with te program on a disk that you install on your laptop or pc
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Can you elaborate? If you have Windows XP or newer it should just install automatically.
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Installing a game, Idk, but I do know from experience that it is not formated like a normal hard drive is, and will need someone with advanced programing experience for some features to work.
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No but you can add a second drive in the DVD bay using a DVD caddy. I replaced the hard drive with a 128 gig Samsung 840 Pro SSD ($114.99) for use as the boot/system/program drive, and then mounted the 500 gig drive I removed in a Universal SATA Hard Drive Caddy ($13.65) and put this in the empty DVD bay for the data drive.
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Sure. it just a HDD with some free software from WD. No need to install this software or keep it on a HDD ;)
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I always build my own computers so I always buy Windows myself and always have the CD to install it with. So I don't know for sure. It's worth a shot, it's just that I never have done it before. You're best bet is to try an clone the hard drive over (there is software avalible for that). But if that hard drive is damaged, try the backup disk first. If that doesn't work then you'll have to buy the Windows CD to install it that way.
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Once it is connected to your machine, you can run applications off the drive, it is just another drive on your machine, unless the applications requires that it be installed on C:
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You sure can. I formatted the drive to use it as a Linux installation disk.
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Yes, you can replace the hard drive with a solid state. You cannot have both. There is only one slot for a hard drive.