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?
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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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this should work just fine with your PC I have yet to find an external hard drive that isn't universally compatible with all PCs. have a nice day!
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I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit but not Ultimate 64. The EX4 16TB works fine with Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit without a glitch.
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Yes, I have a laptop with Windows 8.1 and it works fine. I also use the Seagate with a Windows 7 PC and a Linux computer.
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Given that there are conflicting answers to this question on Amazon, and I really wanted to know before purchasing a drive, I contacted Seagate. Here's their response: " Unfortunately, part of the information is not provided at all. The RPM of our Expansion drives are not a provided specification, meaning the unit can run from 5400 RPMs to 7200 RPMs. We have no way to know which is it. It is not a guaranteed specification." So, it's a crap shoot. And it matters.
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Yes. The first bullet point in their description reads: * Support for standard 2.5 "and 3.5" SATA hard drives (SATA-I/II/III); Compatible Operating Systems with Windows 2000/ XP /Vista/ 7/ 8, Mac OS 9.1/10.8.4 or above; Backward compatible with USB 2.0 /1.1 connections
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It does in fact come with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The description of the machine at the bottom that lists this as having Vista is incorrect. It is also factory refurnished by Sony and we currently only have 1 in stock.
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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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I connected the drive on my 7-year-old DELL laptop (with USB 2.0) and initially it didn't work, but I assumed it was because of the OS, Windows Vista: apparently the manufacturer doesn't warn you that it only works with Windows XP, 7 and 8 (as stated on the box). I tried everything, and nothing worked; finally, just casually after giving up, I tried connecting the drive with the cable of my previous one, a 2-year-old 1 TB Western Digital, and it worked, and it is still doing fine. So I would say yes, it's compatible with USB 2.0, but I'm not sure what really happened here.
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This is meant to make it work like and external drive, it does work. Make sure you call Seagate to be sure you have what I have, and it works with yours: call (1.800.732.4283) this is a US number.
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To answer your question...yes, USB is backwards compatible. However, given the context of your question that is irrelevant. The hard drive does not dictate the USB version (or corresponding transfer speed) - that is dependent on the USB Controller (built-into the external enclosure)....an "older" SATA drive could be mounted into a USB 3 enclosure and a brand new drive could also be mounted in a USB 1 enclosure. You really just need to make sure the drive you are mounting uses the same connector as the enclosure (e.g. PATA or SATA). HTH
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My external Seagate Backup PLus 4TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STCA4000100) works perfectly with KDLINKS, my hard drives are automatically formatted to NTFS.
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I need to backup a WINXP pc and then move the files to a new WIN7 machine, so I emailed Seagate and asked about compatibility. I just got a response that I think will be helpful to many Amazon shoppers. Here it is:"The Go is compatible with both operating systems. You will need upgraded software that we can provide so that the drive can be used to back up your W7 PC. If you will provide the serial number of the drive you purchase we will be happy to send you the software."UPDATE 12/18/09: I also purchased this cool little hard drive, and it works seamlessly with Win7. Seagate sent me the updated software, but I didn't need to use it. I definitely recommend the FreeAgent Go! I need to backup a WINXP pc and then move the files to a new WIN7 machine, so I emailed Seagate and asked about compatibility. I just got a response that I think will be helpful to many Amazon shoppers. Here it is:"The Go is compatible with both operating systems. You will need upgraded software that we can provide so that the drive can be used to back up your W7 PC. If you will provide the serial number of the drive you purchase we will be happy to send you the software."UPDATE 12/18/09: I also purchased this cool little hard drive, and it works seamlessly... » Read More I need to backup a WINXP pc and then move the files to a new WIN7 machine, so I emailed Seagate and asked about compatibility. I just got a response that I think will be helpful to many Amazon shoppers. Here it is:"The Go is compatible with both operating systems. You will need upgraded software that we can provide so that the drive can be used to back up your W7 PC. If you will provide the serial number of the drive you purchase we will be happy to send you the software."UPDATE 12/18/09: I also purchased this cool little hard drive, and it works seamlessly with Win7. Seagate sent me the updated software, but I didn't need to use it. I definitely recommend the FreeAgent Go! « Show Less
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Not sure I understand your question. If you mean will it work with the new computer, it should if the computer has a USB port and Windows is installed. Windows will recognize the flash drive so you can either load files onto the Cruzer or download any files saved on it. I had no problem using this flash drive with my computer running Windows Vista.
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yes it will work with both. I had vista when I bought it and then upgraded to win8 which is "fancy 7" and it worked on both. I had a ton of stuff on floppy's and my new machine didn't have a floppy drive. I am very happy with this drive.
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The physical sector size of the 2TB drive was (surprisingly) 4096 making it a 4k /Advanced Format Drive. I no longer have the drive to verify my memory on this but that is what my review was about. Formerly Seagate's 2TB external Backup Plus drives were 512 making them compatible with Windows 7 backup and imaging utilities-that's why I say "surprisingly". Since there is no indication of this change on the packaging (even though there is a logo for Advanced Format 4kn-native-and Advanced Format 512e -emulation drives) you would not know it until you bought the drive and tried to use the utilities. If you already bought the drive you can run the command line: Fsutil Fsinfo ntfsinfo x: (where x: is the drive's letter designation) to verify-too little too late, unfortunately! It would be hard to convince me this isn't Seagate's deliberate omission and I think Amazon should have this information listed as well.
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I checked other responses to this question. This is what I found: " Works with XP, Vista, Windows 7 and 8. All of them!Bobby Mac answered on August 23, 2014 " I have windows 7 and mine is a 64GB flash drive and works good for me. It should tell you on the package what systems it will work.