How difficult to reformat for PC? Will I need a USB adapter cable to use 2.0?
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No, you will not need a USB adapter cable to use 2.0 and it's extremely simply to reformat! You shouldn't have any problems. I honestly suggest this Hard Drive for anyone. It's extremely simply in all aspects.
747881
Format to PC is easy just plug to a windows machine and use disk manager tool; but you may consider buy the windows ready version since is cheaper; USB 2.0 compatibility is with same original cable
747882
Easy to reformat.... But you will need to reformat it on your Mac. Use the Disk Utilities.(FAT32 I think???) Your PC wont recognize the drive until it is reformatted. Macs can see PC formatted drives, but PC's can not see Mac formats. The cable that comes with the drive will work on USB 2.0 or 3.0, no need to buy a new cable.
289965
You sure can, there is no need to format the drives before installing. I bought this to take my two drives from an old desktop that had died, each that had plenty of data, and had it up and running with my new laptop in no time at all with full access to all of the old data. I've now used this with both Windows XP and Windows 8 without any issues, and have since swapped in a new drive from another old desktop.
814561
Mine has been flawless; you are probably experiencing the side effects of third party software or hardware, such as antivirus software or external plugin device. I would not reformat until I tried Everything else first, including disabling all possible drivers and devices and auto-startups.
1002180
You can format your HDD to exFAT which is windows and Mac compatible. Maybe android will pick it up.
2006048
I use a USB 2.0 and it works perfectly fine. Unless you are backing up the library of congress, you will have no problems.
2234027
No u have to format.. partition.. and load Windows 7..if it's a new drive u have to do a fresh install..
1205891
My old USB 1.0 machines wouldn't recognize the drive. A USB 2.0 card in an XP box worked. Reformatted drive to NTFS. Drive also works in Kubuntu 9.04 via USB 2.0 using the ntfs-3g utility that comes with most linux distros.
1357044
It can be used with a windows computer if reformatted. But not straight out of the box.
450048
As I understand it you have to choose one or the other and stick with it. Reformatting loses data. It will work for either one though, but once you store you are stuck with that format.
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Yes, it is not easy. 1-Backup your data to external drive. 2-Purchase Windows 7 it is $100.00 for two PC license. 3-Format the drive (erases everything). 4-Change BIOS settings (see internet for this). 5-Load Windows 7. 6-Load software (e.g. purchased Microsoft office, etc.). 7-Restore data from external drive. Entire process will take about a day. Big effort but you will love it! Will process very fast. I updated two Lenovo's to Windows 7.BIOS settings:Boot Mode Priority:CD-ROM firstStartup tab:CSM=EnabledBoot Priority=Legacy OnlyExit Tab:Set OS Optimized Defaults to Disabled Yes, it is not easy. 1-Backup your data to external drive. 2-Purchase Windows 7 it is $100.00 for two PC license. 3-Format the drive (erases everything). 4-Change BIOS settings (see internet for this). 5-Load Windows 7. 6-Load software (e.g. purchased Microsoft office, etc.). 7-Restore data from external drive. Entire process will take about a day. Big effort but you will love it! Will process very fast. I updated two Lenovo's to Windows 7.BIOS settings:Boot Mode Priority:CD-ROM firstStartup tab:CSM=EnabledBoot Priority=Legacy OnlyExit Tab:Set... » Read More Yes, it is not easy. 1-Backup your data to external drive. 2-Purchase Windows 7 it is $100.00 for two PC license. 3-Format the drive (erases everything). 4-Change BIOS settings (see internet for this). 5-Load Windows 7. 6-Load software (e.g. purchased Microsoft office, etc.). 7-Restore data from external drive. Entire process will take about a day. Big effort but you will love it! Will process very fast. I updated two Lenovo's to Windows 7.BIOS settings:Boot Mode Priority:CD-ROM firstStartup tab:CSM=EnabledBoot Priority=Legacy OnlyExit Tab:Set OS Optimized Defaults to Disabled « Show Less
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You need to format your USB device with FAT32 if i remember correctly. NTFS may not be supported so just plug in to your computer, right click and hit Quick Format.
1944386
Yes. It can be reformatted if not in the correct windows format. I only two formats I know are FAT-32 (Mac and pc) and Windows NT (Mac read and PC readwrite).
1914287
I have not been able to do that yet with USB or CD. Only format I know of would be the tape deck.
1813387
Thanks for the info, guys. I use Windows XP, plan on downloading well over 4GB in musical CDs, audiobooks, and mp3's, so, if I'm reading you right, I SHOULD reformat to NTFS. Is this correct? And thanks again for your help.
2017615
Not an expert, but you may try reformatting the usb drive in FAT32 structure.
1289057
On a windows 7 pc you simply go to start menu - computer - right click the flash drive - left click "format" - left click the drop down menu - left click NTFS or Ex-FAT - and then press START. If I was going to use as a boot drive for, say restoring my operating system, I'd uncheck the quick format box and do a full format. I think this method works the same or similarly for XP or Windows 8, I haven't tried either in awhile. Cheers!
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It's not an option with this version. You have to wipe the hard drive and install Windows 7 from scratch. So try and save your data off another drive or usb device.