A:AnswerYes, this is really easy to install on a Mac or PC. The drive has a software that you can use to set everything up OR you can literally just plug it in and start dragging files onto it. Pretty simple.
A:Answerif your hard drive is smaller then 1TB or you haven't used more more than 1TB of space on the hard drive yes, you set up windows backup utility to periodically back up your hard drive
A:AnswerYes, it's a real hard drive like the one that's probably in your computer. You get another drive letter for it and it acts like a regular hard drive. You can delete, copy and move files just like on your original drive.
A:AnswerYes, The first thing I do when I buy one of these is to reformat it to get all the proprietary software off it. When you format it you have the option of creating as many partitions as you wish.
A:Answeri've dropped it twice on hardwood floor from about 3 feet, still works fine. it seems relatively resistant to falls, but i'd be careful nonetheless.
A:AnswerThink of a portable hard drive as an empty box. whatever you want in there, you will have to put in there and organize by making folders. If you want a program to put things in there automatically for you, you will have to give that program the instructions to do so. I hope that helps. :)
A:AnswerOnly if you put the install files on it as well as the data to be migrated. Office has to be installed on the machine, it will not run if you only move the data and program files.
A:AnswerIt should work fine. We used this to back up our two computers, one with vista and the other with Win7, and it worked just fine. I don't see why it would be different with the Win8.1 but I have honestly not had any experience with backing up one on that operating system.
