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Question: Does it work with Windows 8?
Document: There are a couple of nice things about this unit. First is that it is a single connector drive. Not tried it in a USB2 plug, but with USB3, it works really well.Transfer speeds (moved 80 gigs initially of everthings from small jpgs to large video files) with a Windows 8 maching. Speeds varied from just over 1 gig per second (for small jpgs) to a small amount over 80 gigs/second for the larger video files.
purchased 12/20/2011 review date 7/4/2012Use - used daily for work approximately 8 hours a day. in morning connected to laptop and in the evening unplugged and stored in a well padded zippered hard casedrive appears to be well made and functions well both for usb2 and usb3 ports. looks are deceiving the actual usb port on the drive is not well stabilized and mounted resulting in its mechanical failure. a shame since everything appeared to work well.summary - this isn't a rugged hard drive
I've been using this as a backup drive and to transfer files between a machine running Windows 7 and Linux/Ubuntu for over a year and it works great. Slim design that doesn't feel flimsy and I'm not afraid to travel with or toss in my work bag.
I bought this external hard drive to add memory to my laptop primarily to back up photos taken during an extended trip. The hard drive was &#34;plug and play&#34;.....no issues in getting it to work on my Windows XP laptop. Seems very durable as promised.
So apparently, this model was way obsolete, because Windows 7 had been out for a few years prior to my purchasing this piece of junk. Shame on Silicon Power for not knowing their own product! Not only did I lose the time & money, I went for months without a backup, because I would work a few hours to get this one to work, get frustrated & give up. Then a few weeks later, I would go through the aggravation again & give up again.
I've purchased three of these drives recently, all from Silicon Power USA - Deal Site. One of the selling points was that they're advertised as being compatible with Windows, OS X and Linux. But I've had nothing but problems with them, and I'm starting to suspect that the reason has to do with this supposed cross-compatibility.The first drive I received came in a damaged retail package, so I was skeptical that it would work from the beginning.
If you want your hard drive to work with your Mac for doing Time Machine backups (which I highly recommend) choose Mac OS Extended. Sometimes it's good to make two partitions and one using "MS-DOS fat" if you might be transferring files to and from a Windows machine. The reason is Windows machines and Max can read and write to the "MS-DOS fat" format but your files will need to be under 4 GB each as that's the maximum file size it can hold.6.
The Toshiba drives are really small and really light, they are true "portable" drives, unlike the Silicon Power drives which are as heavy as bricks. I also found it interesting that when I connected them to my Windows laptop, they were recognized almost instantly. The Silicon Power drives take a very long time to be recognized, and something else I just noticed, when they finally connect, a message pops up saying something like the device would work faster if it was connected to a USB 3.0 port.
This drive seems very sturdy and was well priced and it looks great! I really haven't tested it's durability but it's been in my &#34;Man Bag&#34; for 6-8 months and I've had no problems at all
Received this item on 8-20-2012 and have used it to transfer files & photo's to a new laptop. Largest download was 250MB+ in one shoot. Everything has gone very well, and the USB 3.0 cable that is stored in the side of the drive enclosure has worked just great when connecting to our laptops. The extra cable will come in handy when connecting to a desktop in my office.No Cons !
Answer: Yes with no problems.