can i use this as an eternal storage via usb?
1770071
That's exactly how I'm using the drive. I do a scheduled backup of changes to specific dirs to the drive using USB.
1770072
Sure you can, you just have to buy an enclosure for it. But why not just buy an external HD directly? I think it's a bit of waste to use this drive as external storage.
1770073
You could if you have a USB-to-SATA cable that has a power connection as well. Though, honestly, you're better off using an actual external hard drive than an internal hard drive hooked up like that. USB-to-SATA cables are generally used for hooking up a hard drive temporarily to recover data, install an OS, or other similar issues.
1891233
Yes you can except, you need use one that does not require power, some uSB Drives require more power and won't work. U can use the micro sd or the regular SD card, it should work fine.
1361834
You could but you might want to try a external hard drive, I have one and itis great I got it on amazon, WD my book live
2183538
You can store any files, including media and will stream to your computer over USB. This unit works like any other USB drive.
1218857
No internal capacity. A USB drive can be attached directly or storage can be accessed via WiFi.
545222
Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
489004
Yes, you certainly can but I have to wonder why you would want to. ex-fat is a proprietary Microsoft file system optimized specifically for USB drives larger than 32GB.
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
1636088
Umm, I'm pretty sure you can. You mean as transferring data or using it as a second memory saver?
1896917
There may be other ways I'm not sure on that but I have been able to use my usb drives on the device with stored files photos etc . Connected a multi-port usb extension and then went to storage and there it was. Now I have not tried storing apps or app memory on it just files and photos but I'm sure u can save to it as well.
1991216
No it can't. When connected to the USB, the device can't be used at all. It just mounts itself as a storage device.
182299
Yes this will work all u have to do is a restore. If that doesn't work just save all data on usb drive. Then transfer data. That's what I had to do because I had 1 corrupt file so it wouldn't restore but saving on the usb worked
366627
I suppose you could, but it wouldn't be very fast. It would be better to use a flash drive.
1789544
As long as you have hardware of some discription with a USB port to connect to, I can't see why not. At the end of the day what you have is a form of memory storage.
1638239
No you can only store files like a stick drive. Its only designed for storage
2259012
I see no reason why you could not unless it's on an older desktop running XP or the such. I'm using it as a archive disk and not a boot disk. I know some systems will only see these larger 3 TB and 4 TB disk as external USB items but I have not had that problem with the companys Dell systems or the high end clients that I've built. Here is a little diddy from Western Digital about the subject matter that may help you: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2754/~/hard-drives-greater-than-2-tb-do-not-work-on-existing-operating-systems
73895
Yes, you can. Most general external drives should do. I have an LG. HP also makes them.