If I buy this for a device that isn't Seagate, will the replacement be the same drive or a seagate alternative?
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The device I bought was from LaCie, which is currently at the Seagate lab right now because they're attempting to recover my data. I don't know if LaCie's a part of Seagate or not. I'm assuming it is. I wish I could tell you more.
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im not sure. the way i figured it out was watching youtube videos. i know there is an easy way to tell which drive you need, but i can't remember. good luck. also i know that the is a piece of the old drive you will need to unsolder from the original and solder into the new unit.
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I've been using it for Time Machine, so I didn't use the included software. Can't say for sure, but by the specs advertised by Seagate, it should.
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I believe so but as it was always breaking and the Tech Support was so bad I literally threw it away. I would subscribe to Carbonite which is a FAR superior product and they have really good technical support. I believe that Seagate also produce a reasonable back up product but I have never used it. I hope that helps
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yes absolutely. my advice is to just ignore all the seagate info on the drive. I basically just put it all in a folder that says "seagate sys info" and never disturb it. If you let it set stuff up, then you could become a slave to its rules. Basically just treat it as a big fat flash drive. Copy all, and it will only update the new stuff. It is incredibly reliable and fast
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It appears that the other hard drive has comparable specs. However it comes with a different firmware. Otherwise I think it is likely a matter of packaging and marketing.
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Andrew, That's a generic Seagate drive but the Dell version you would need is Dell Part # W347K. Order that part # and you should be good. I hope this helps answer your question. Scott All Computer Parts
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The drive will act exactly as the previous one did no new capabilities that I know of. This is to replace a burned out drive in a nintendo Wii.
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I did install SSD drive in mac book, to replace old drive, using duplicator/recovery machine to copy the drive. I would pick any other slim drive, and avoid the Seagate. The Seagate is NOT Compatible with most systems.
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As said earlier, that's your 2nd hard drive. Whether it is an SSD, traditional or hybrid does not matter.
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Unfortunately, no. I returned my Seagate drive with out even taking it out of the anti-static wrapper. Seagate quality has been suspect as of late and I didnt want to chance my data being lost.
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I bought the Hewlett Packard 15k sas drive not seagate. I wish I had bought that brand though
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It should with no problem. Recommend doing a clean install vice cloning the old drive. Also, be sure to download and update the firmware, Samsung recently released an update that improves the performance of this drive even more. While a clean install will take more time, the results will be much better (and at the speeds this drive operates, it will not take long to install your OS, apps, and data).
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nope, your drive should be fine. These used to be shown as being OEM (NOT Retail packaging) shipped drives, but I don't see that now. So, if you were expecting a retail box, then return it; otherwise there are no differences.
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A solid state drive could be fitted to replace the existing hard drive. These are currently very expensive, particularly if you wanted to replace the existing 1 Terra-byte disc. There would not be room to fit an additional drive. Of course, you could always use an external SSD, utilising one of the many the USB ports.
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This is not a trivial drive swap. There are two different versions of this pc. One ships with a seagate hd and the other with a WD. No telling which one you will get. The seagate has a standard sata interface the wd uses a different connector and getting the sata one is only available in Europe and will cost north of $50. If you buy one with the intention of upgrading the drive make sure it has the seagate. If not return it immediately. Not worth the aggravation and cost. You can clone the drive with Easeus todo backup software. USB boot is disabled I can't find anyone that has identified work around. This is not a trivial drive swap. There are two different versions of this pc. One ships with a seagate hd and the other with a WD. No telling which one you will get. The seagate has a standard sata interface the wd uses a different connector and getting the sata one is only available in Europe and will cost north of $50. If you buy one with the intention of upgrading the drive make sure it has the seagate. If not return it immediately. Not worth the aggravation and cost. You can clone the drive with Easeus todo backup software. USB boot is disabled I can't find anyone that has identified... » Read More This is not a trivial drive swap. There are two different versions of this pc. One ships with a seagate hd and the other with a WD. No telling which one you will get. The seagate has a standard sata interface the wd uses a different connector and getting the sata one is only available in Europe and will cost north of $50. If you buy one with the intention of upgrading the drive make sure it has the seagate. If not return it immediately. Not worth the aggravation and cost. You can clone the drive with Easeus todo backup software. USB boot is disabled I can't find anyone that has identified work around. « Show Less
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The seagate drive is an external drive for backup which is what I use if for. Why would you want to backup one storage device to another? To do this you would need to copy from one device to another using a computer, laptop, tablet etc to move the date from 1 device to another