Compatibility of this Hard Drive Most of Desktop / PC / Tower will fit with this hard drive. This Hard drive is NOT for laptops. SATA connection is required. Your PC must support Legacy mode (Most of PC has legacy mode) This product doesn't includes activation key Then what? There are two options. 1. Buy a license through whatever available on internet. 2. Turn on your PC to see if it automatically picks up previous compatible activation key on the motherboard. (iIf you or previous owner ever had windows 10 before, your windows will be activated automatically) What is Legacy mode? Some Laptops and desktop from 2012 and newer, YOU MAY HAVE TO GO INTO BIOS to see which mode you were in. If your BIOS setting is set to UEFI or turned off legacy mode, this one won't work. so activate Legacy mode or deactivate UEFI mode. *Make sure you enable Legacy mode /CSM boot and disable secure boot option in the BIOS and you're good to go. FEATURES: Plug and Play. Genuine Windows 10 Pro 64bit Pre-Installed. Latest Major Windows updates performed (Jan-2022) so you're ready to go as soon as you plug it in *If you can't connect to internet: Windows don't support certain brand's WIFI or LAN driver so in that case you will need to install the driver manually. * Very rarely Windows can't find some minor drivers. In that case you will need to update it yourself (Most likely you don't need it) INSTALLATION GUIDE: 1. Turn off and pull out power cord of your PC or laptop and Install the HDD 2. Plug in all the necessory cables and screws 3. Turn on your PC/Laptop to see if it boot or not (If it won't boot, please look 3-1, 3-2, 3-3) 3-1. Go to BIOS setting* 3-2 Select Legacy mode(Secure boot off) 3-3. Let it boot (The screen may show nothing or looks stuck in logo page or even flickers few times). Please be patience for first time boot. 4. After boot up, perform a driver update** through windows update and input license key if requires 5. Done * You don't know how to get into the the BIOS? Please refer here! ASRock Acer: F2 or DELL ASUS: F2 for all PCs, F2 or DEL for Motherboards Dell: F2 or F12 ECS, Zotac: DEL Gigabyte / Aorus: F2 or DEL HP: F10 Lenovo (Consumer Laptops): F2 or Fn + F2 Lenovo (Desktops): F1 Lenovo (ThinkPads): Enter then F1. MSI: DEL for motherboards and PCs Microsoft Surface Tablets: Press and hold volume up button. Origin PC, Samsung, Toshiba: F2 ** You may need to manually update WIFI or LAN driver if there is no internet connection ACTIVATION: This is a genuine version of Windows - not a pirated 'pre-activated' one. Activation therefore required if your laptop/desktop does not have digital license for the windows version installed. Windows may automatically activate if you ever had an activated version of previous windows such as windows 8 or 10. Except that, you will have to buy your own license! We do not ever provide a product key. Hard Drive Specs: Major Brand ( Western Digital, Seagate, Samsung, Toshiba and HGST) Condition: Fully tested and working. Confirmed by seagate software 500GB - 1TB depends on your selection. Speed: 7200 RPM Interface: SATA Size: 3.5" |