If something happens to my PC, does this external hard drive allow me to recover my info and put it back on my PC?
1691079
yes it will ,,, that's the idea !!! ,,also helps to to make more space on your PC hard drive ,,but the main intention is to protect information in case something happens to the hard drive ...
578528
It is possible, I don't think there would be any harm to the hard drive unless you reformatted to match the computer. You should be able to plug it in, go through your explorer to find the device and accomplish what you want from there.
561085
You can hook up the drive but you might need a recovery program - I suggest "icare" - good program.
1451501
I really can't answer that because I have one computer and I generally keep it attached to the computer. I keep my system backups on this external drive. I suppose it is possible to move it around. Just keep the amount of information you want to back up in mind and the amount of space available on the drive.
1985555
as far as I can tell you, yes, I have connected the unit to the computer and then the PCMCIA card inserted in the slot and the pc will read the information from an external drive and you can handle all the info as if you were using a USB stick.
1054715
Yes and No...Yes; only if the external drive is a "bare drive" (not in an enclosure)...No; if the hard drive is enclosed in a case.
1107642
As long as your computer equipment has the appropriate usb driver program installed (most do) it should work. A more pressing concern might be whether or not you choose to password protect or encrypt the files to prevent loss of privacy in the event the drive is lost or stolen. I haven't personally explored this function on the drive.
1647564
Understand, it is YOUR hard drive inserted into this encasement, whatever your hard drive supported should be accessible via this device,which is a very valuable information saver for me!
2261428
I believe you'd have to back up to your computer then put it on the external drive
2275022
I am not quite sure since this was for my son and he used it. I said Used it because just last week when he turned it on he was asked to format it. We took it to a computer store to get it looked at and they said it was no data on the drive to recover. It had a bad sector and won't work. So we are in the process to see what we should do now. Soooo upset since we had just bought this November 26, 2011. Sorry that I could not help you.
1800856
Personally, I'm more comfortable with the external. If my regular internal hard drive crashes, I can use my external to get anything I need on another computer before (if) I hand it over to the repair people fixing the main drive. I guess if you can remove your broken hard drive and pop in a new one easily, that's not so much of an issue. But I'm a pessimist and tend to think things like "what if my computer got so hot that both internal hard drives failed?"
499068
It should not matter what is on the drive. It will copy what is there. Keep in mind you need to copy to a drive of the same size or larger but larger you lose the extra space.
1386248
I have never use the "safely remove drive from pc" function. I just unplug it, and no data is lost or corrupt. My previous drives are still working fine. It may not be the right answer but is one that has worked for years without issues
1513057
If you can take out the hard drive from its case, it might work. Is the inside part of your external hard drive the same as internal drive that is found in laptops? If it is, it then should work. I suggest you check that first. However, in your case, it depends on why your PC couldn't read or see the external drive. I used this device for an internal hard drive. It worked pretty well. This device works to access 2.5in or 3.5in SATA (SATA, SATA II, SATA III) hard drive or solid state drive -
916911
No, you can use the external hard drive, it only support internal hard drive, sorry for that.
1800076
Pretty much. My friend and I were discussing this when my hard drive was failing. Basically, these hard drives are just refurbished of hard drives and they put them into the external hard drives (like these).
2098066
Only if you fully backup the drive as it will have to be reformatted for RAID. You should backup anyway as you have only one drive and stand to lose all of your data.