Question 1

Does it have Windows 10 Home/Pro pre-installed on it?

Accepted Answer

No.
This is a bare drive.
You have to install your own Windows 10 on it.

Question 2

Hello, is this compatible with iMac 20" 2008 Edition?

Thank you

Accepted Answer

This product will work with the 2008 edition iMac as a replacement drive. It does not seem to be designed for the hard drive temperature sensor of the 2008 iMac however, and improper installation of the sensor could cause your fans to run on full speed.

Question 3

is this a primary or external storage?

Accepted Answer

At this day and age, I would not recommend this drive as a primary drive for your desktop. I would recommend getting a 120 GB SSD drive for your primary (OS) drive for things like loading Operating Systems, programs etc. You will get much better performance out of SSD drive. This Toshiba drive would work fine as either internal storage for PC tower or as external drive (if you place it in 3.5 inch enclosure).

Question 4

'Can I pop one of these hard drives into Rosewill's RX-358 V2 Black enclosure then attach it to my router and be all ready to download to and stream from it?

Accepted Answer

I don't know, mine hasn't been able to be detected since soon after I firs used it. Wish I could return it but I didn't save the packaging or anything so I've found it an annoying loss and have no idea why it stopped being detected by any motherboard I've hooked it too. I think toshiba had a warranty themselves I'll have to try and use.

Question 5

Will this swap out and fit in my Dell dimension C521?  Looking to upgrade, think mine is clicking.  Thanks

Accepted Answer

I don't see why it wouldn't. Your PC probably has a 3.5 HD in it. Should be an easy swap.

See

ftp://ftp.dell.co/

Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dimension_desktops/dimension-c521_owner's%20manual_en-us.pdf

For drive replacement instructions

Question 6

how many whats dose this take?

Accepted Answer

I'm not sure I understand the question but here's what I had to do to get my laptop to recognize this drive under Windows 7. Open a folder, right click Computer and choose Manage (must be logged into a profile with administrative rights). Down on the Storage section, there's a Disk Management section. Click it and the drive should show up there somewhere in the list. I formatted, partitioned, selected a drive letter, all that good stuff from this point. Nothing else I did before that worked, BIOS recognized it, it was installed correctly, but I had to go through that option to get it to work. Hope that helped!

Question 7

Will this fit into a slimline tower?

Accepted Answer

Don't know which slimline, but it measures 4" wide, 5 3/4" long and 1" high.

Question 8

Does this come with a SATA Data cable as well?

Accepted Answer

No, it did not come with a SATA cable. The box contained only the hard drive in an ESD bag and that was it.

Question 9

will this work in my gigabyte ga-ma78gm-use2h computer?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it will, even though the drive is capable of transferring data at 6 GB per second, and it seems your motherboard is only capable of SATA II speed, SATA hard drives are backwards compatible.

Question 10

Will this fit in a toshiba satellite a665-s5170? I'm thinking about replacing my current HDD.

Accepted Answer

No, you need a laptop hard drive. (Standard 2.5") This is a 3.5" used in desktops. For best performance, you can upgrade to a SSD which has less capacity for the price, but is much, much faster than a traditional mechanical hard drive such as this Toshiba drive. Here is a link to the SSD's. http://www.newegg.com/SSDs/Category/ID-119?Tid=11689

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