I have a used this product for several years. My computer was Windows 7, but I just upgraded to Windows 10. No difference in operation or compatibility.
I have two laptops, one has Windows XP and the other has Windows 7. I would like an external drive that could be used to back up both of these computers. I would also like it to be compatible with Windows 8.
Not sure about XP- might be no problem. I'd check with Seagate. But I would bet there is either a driver on the drive or you can get one off their website. 7 & 8 will be fine.
NTFS is the file system for all 3 windows os's you listed. All should also recognize the drive (once formatted) as soon as it's plugged-in. Hope this helps
What is the difference between an expansion hd and a back up hd? I found a back up hd but need to use it for manuals and other files I plan on getting but don't want to backup an entire computer will the back up work ok?
it really just depends on how you want to use it. If you want to store files to it, just do that. If you want to make full back ups, you can do that as well. If you partition the drive, initially, you can accomplish both.
Just get the regular expansion hd and not the back up one. Trust me. I bought the back up one from an employee saying you can just store things on there, and he was wrong. It literally backs up things, hence the name.
If you go to the Seagate website there is a driver for NTFS for Mac that you can download, and I believe have both Macs and PCs use it at the same time. I haven't tested this yet, but it seems a better option than having to completely reformat the disk using the Mac OS utilities program on your computer. There are also disk utilities software you can download to Seagate hard drives. Hope this helps. Check it out....
I thought I saw the drive labeled specifically if it would work with PC or Mac. I think they sell them separately. Your Best Buy can tell you in a heartbeat.
I am not 100 percent sure but I am 80% certain this will work on a Mac as long as it is formatted to the HFS+ format in Disk Utility. I have used backup Plus drives and many flash drives none were Mac specific and work perfectly. Macs can Support NTFS and FAT32. NTFS is read only on a Mac and FAT32 is a good universal between windows and Mac but is only good if files sizes are 4GB or less.
from what I understand it's more complicated to expand a ps's memory. With the Xbox one and PS4 slim, you can plug it in and you're to to go but for the older PS4 you cannot. Google "how to expand PS4 storage" it's a lengthy process that includes taking your PS4 apart.