can I connect two pc to this hard drive
1433415
If you have FireWire 800 you can daisy chain several drives together. I have a 12 core mac that can do that, not sure on a PC . The drives can be formatted for PC. The best thing would be to ask customer support at G-Tech, they have been very good at answering my questions in the past.
1218850
Yes. I use several models of G-drives on PCs. I prefer the full-sized drives that have eSATA ports for PCs, just for max speed. Overall, the answer is YES.
2245525
Depends on the backup software, but generally yes. You connect them not directly, but by attaching the drive to a compatible router on your network. Some routers have USB jacks for hard drives. Do a search on "attach hard drive to router" and you'll get information. This is called "network attached storage" (NAS for short), by the way.
559697
None...you install the hard drives you want, If you go to their website you can find out a lot of answers. www.bufflaotech.com
1404145
I do not know--this was so unreliable I have stopped using it. It did not matter what drives I used--none would stay connected. Also, realize you can only use one at a time.
375678
Yes you can. As a matter of fact I just did about a week ago due to the fact that 4G does not last long at all so I got another hard drive for it and it was very easy to install. It will take about 1 minute to install another hard drive. Now my son never gets off of it and has enjoyed it. Best birthday gift he has ever gotten.
220021
Yes, just be sure you do not install any programs on the drive or they may not run. If you are using the 2nd drive just for data it should be fine.
2017207
Depends on the amount of data that you are backing up. Otherwise you can use it back up from multiple PCs
672883
You need the 2 ports to power the HDD. Depends on your hard drive model only one port may not be enough.
1528506
absolutely...there is a cage that is designed to hold two hard drives. very simple to remove the cage(one screw) and install a second hard drive.
648055
Yes you can have multiple drives in your PC. My recommendation is that you want to use the 240GB Kingston HyperX 3k as your main drive to install your Operating System on. Use the 1TB for data/storage.
1522355
NO!!!!!!!! please read this!!!! http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Connecting-Two-PCs-Using-a-USB-USB-Cable/248
936426
Yes you can as long as none of the drives has an operating system on them. You do not need to format or do anything to your drives. You will need a port multiplier card for eSata in order to see all 4 drives, but after that you're good to go.
2045929
Yes, that will work. The 2nd USB connector is just for power. That's because some older USB ports will detect a power overload if the drive tries to pull all its power from a single port. To workaround that they the Y cable can be used to pull power from 2 ports. Non-anceint USB ports, like 2.0 or 3.0 or from a powered hub will probably work fine if you just plug in the one end of the cable. Try it with just one. If it works, you're good. If it doesn't, the computer will tell you "power overload detected" and the drive won't work, but no damage will be done.
1182533
Yes, You many need a drive cable if it doesn't come with the second hard Drive. There will be a power connector already there.
2000451
Not sure what you are asking. Once the two PCs are connected it is like copying from one folder to another. You can copy as much and for as long as you want.You can change to different folders on each PC for additional copying.
1933445
I do not think you can connect them at the same exact time. I have mine hooked up to a power supply from a computer and that way I can access it as a extra drive when I need it. It has a 500 gig hard drive and that is nice not to have the computer ways spinning the extra platters.steve