Question 1

Computer does not see this hard drive.  Do you need to download drivers?  Sees other hard drives.

Accepted Answer

It should not need drivers. However, you have not provided enough information. Are you not seeing the drive in the BIOS, or in the OS? If not in the BIOS, you may need a BIOS update or the drive may be defective. If you see it in the BIOS and not in the OS, then it depnds on *which* OS you are using. If it is Windows, you may need to initialize the drive.

Question 2

Does it come with power/data cables?

Accepted Answer

No, it's just a "bare drive". Zero cables are included.

Question 3

can you install this into laptop?MSI GT72S 6QF 17.3" Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 32GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Accepted Answer

Internally no. This is a full-size HDD, meaning, bigger format.

Question 4

Is this good for storing large excess files (lots of photos and other things) other than just nas, and also is this the same drive that's in the Seagate - Expansion 8 TB External Hard Drive (STEB8000100)?

Accepted Answer

It's funny you ask this I have had this particular Drive for nine months now and just this weekend I did another surface scan to verify the discs integrity. This is used on a system for security cameras so it is completely written about once a month. At the time of my scan all three of the drives that I have purchased at this time had no errors whatsoever however be aware these drives run a lot hotter then the Western Digital greens that I populated my system with of the same size. The heat they created was enough that my current system configuration couldn't handle it. I had to separate those drives into a different enclosure that had better airflow. With all that said and do the price I actually would still buy again

Question 5

would this be good for a nas ?

Accepted Answer

It is not designed for continuous use, but should work in a nas environment, throughout the 2 year warranty.  Unless there is built in obsolesce, these drives should work in a nas until they die, assuming you write less than 55 TB per year per specs.

Question 6

What sort of cables will I need to plug this in? I already have a SATA cable with multiple attachment points coming off my motherboard.

Accepted Answer

You'll need an SATA port and cable (sounds like you have it) as well as a power connector from the power supply. Power off, connect it up and boot then create the partition in software after the boot and good to go. I have one myself.

Question 7

I recently purchased this 8TB hard drive and installed it and formatted it. It seemed to work fine and now during transfer of files from another hdd to this new hdd I am receiving an I/O error. This doesn't happen all the time, sometimes a file transfer is good and sometimes I get these I/O errors on the new hdd. Any idea what could be wrong?

Accepted Answer

If you have a third drive, try moving documents from that drive to this one and look for the error, if it happens then you have bad sectors on this drive. If it doesn't, repeat with the other drive. There are very few possible causes for this, either bad sectors in one of your drives, bad cables, or less likely faulty motherboard(very less likely)

Question 8

WIll this drive work in a Linux Cinnamon Mint  OS?

Accepted Answer

I am running 11 of these HHDs on my big Linux Cinnamon Mint 20.3 box, boot drive is an 1 TB SSD.

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Question 9

its this drive 7200 RPM?

Accepted Answer

According to SeaGate all of their Pro drives are 7200 RPM:  (If you Google "BarraCuda ST8000DM004 8TB 256MB RPM" the first hit will tell you that this drive is 7200 RPM)

Question 10

Should I choose the BarraCuda 8TB or IronWolf 8TB for a desktop versus a NAS?

Accepted Answer

Choose the BarraCuda 8TB for high-capacity storage in a desktop PC. Choose an IronWolf 8TB for a multi-bay NAS or NAS-focused, continuous operation: Seagate positions IronWolf for NAS use and specifies CMR recording and a 180TB-per-year workload rating for its 8TB models.

Interface	SATA 6.0Gb/s
Capacity	8TB
NAND Flash Memory Type	Hard Drive
Recording Technology	SMR
RPM	5400 RPM
Cache	256MB

Features	Versatile HDDs for all your PC needs bring you industry-leading excellence in personal computing. For over 20 years the BarraCuda family has delivered super-reliable storage for the hard drive industry. Capacities up to 8TB for desktops, BarraCuda leads the market with the widest range of storage options available. Advanced Power modes help save energy without sacrificing performance. SATA 6Gb/s interface optimizes burst performance.
Usage	For Daily Computing

Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.11mm
Width (maximum)	101.85mm
Length (maximum)	146.99mm

Attribute	Value
Best For	Daily computing and general-purpose storage in desktop PCs
Capacity	8 TB
Interface And Form Factor	3.5-inch internal mechanical hard drive with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s interface
Performance And Cache	5400 RPM rotational speed, 256 MB cache, and read speed of 190 MB/s
Recording Technology	SMR
Physical Dimensions	146.99 × 101.85 × 26.11 mm (length × width × height)
Model Identifiers	Seagate BarraCuda, model NE-ST8000DM004

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