Using this drive on Windows Vista or Windows 7: Anybody have problems with this?
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NO, I'm sticking with the older systems. IOMEGA recommends using their support so you can format disks in the FAT system. Win 2K assumes NTFS system which may be causing your (undefined) problem.
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I used a 2TB Seagate drive, and had no trouble recognizing it in Win 7. Both USB and E-SATA worked ok for me. Have you tried both interfaces? Might want to try connecting it to another system as well.
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Yes, I'm currently using it with Windows Vista. I had no problems with installation.
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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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I use "AOMEI Partition Assistant Home Edition 5.1" which is free. I've cloned several drives, XP and 7, never any problems.
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I have two 4TB drives of different models. I'm running Windows 8, and I occassionally have to run "chkdsk /f y:" due to corrupted disks. I have 2 3TB drives that don't have this issue.
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Yep. After using it initially, I couldn't get windows to see it any more so took it apart. The drive is a Toshiba, which gets great ratings on drives. The problem with the errors could be a windows USB3 driver. Still not sure. Might re-assemble it to see if anything has changed.
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I have the same problem with one of my LaCie's, I have 6 of them. I know the reason it doesn't work on Win7, and it's my fault. I didn't format the drive correctly when I first got it. All the others work great with all systems. So I can't blame the company.
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If you had a windows 7 disk and key, it should not be a problem. Do a quick google search though. I know on the past the difference between xp and vista/7 there was a chipset driver that needed installed with it which lead to a giant hassle. As long as the chipsets are the same you are good to go.
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Yes it's justs plug and play and it's recognized by any OS. I use windows backup with no problems.The drive itself is amazingly fast! I'd say it has cut hours a week in productivity.
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Actually, disregard my previous response. I had this drive, but it was a 2TB model, not 3TB. There's a limit of 2.19TB for older Windows version (including Win 7) unless you have hardware that supports GPT partitioning, which I honestly don't know much about at this time. I'd recommend going with a 2TB version to be on the safe side.
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I had the same "issue" and decided to install an updated version of office. At my office, I'm moving files onto a stand alone drive so that I don't lose any information and plan to transfer it when I reload "7". Safest thing I can come up with. Sorry, wish I could help more! DonDon
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I have one and it worked fine on my old XP machine, but my new Dell has Vista and so far I can't get it to work, even afer downloading the drivers that sandisk said would fix the problem. Vista keeps seeing it as a 14 in 1 drive and refuses to except any input from it. I just gave it to a friend who's still running (and I wish I was) XP and replaced it with one by Belkin.
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Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased and am using the drive with no problem. I purchased after reading on Newegg that someone had been using it with an Acer Aspire One with no problems. Tahnks again for taking the time to reply.
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I'm making an assumption that you are using Window XP. Vista, Win7, or Win8. If that is the case the USB should be formatted for NTFS. not FAT32.
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I have many of these drives running both Ubuntu and Win7.. No issues at all. Be sure to enable TRIM in Ubuntu, I heard 14.04LTS will do it automatically though.
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The drive is USB 3.0 based, and also 2.0 compatible, but the software that is delivered with the drive is complete trash. Just use it as a "normal" external drive with Win8 or 7, and you will have no problems. The DVD that comes with the drive is currently being used to keep the birds out of my fruit trees.