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Question

old Buffalo back up drive

Jan 17, 2015 10:04PM PST

I dusted off a Buffalo HD-HCU2 backup drive that
I bought a (few?) years ago and never used. It seems
to be for Win ME and XP; can it be used on my
Win 7 laptop?

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Yes.
Jan 17, 2015 10:13PM PST

Even for a Mac if you change the file system.

If it contains backup software, that might not work. But you can surely use it to copy files to or as output device for any current backup program.

Kees

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Older devices
Jan 18, 2015 2:09AM PST

Yours is an older device but all you need to do is verify what the specs are. More than likely it's FAT32 based or possibility FAT16 when it was sold. However, if it USB type, then attach to your laptop and check results. If you have nothing or as you stated, never used it, then reformat it, selecting FAT32 or NTSF type. I thought yours is a huge Gb storage but regardless, again under your laptop connection, prepare it by formatting. of course, your laptop has to see it and thus do the above. Alas, being an old setup, I strongly recommend it use has AC power wart or similar and not depend entirely on laptop USB power, Older devices tend to be power hungry.

tada -----Willy Happy