A:AnswerYes it can be used as a NAS. Just depends on how you're attaching to the network. Make sure your router will recognize and allow. Must newer ones will.
A:AnswerExcellent question. Seagate seems to go out of their way to NOT publish any specific numbers for some reason.
I used it for backups only and saw sustained write-speed of ~150-155Mb/s. A simple read test showed a read rate of ~182Mb/s. Thats only a rough estimate based on my testing when doing backups from a NAS (and then reading the data off the drive to verify it). The actual drive maximums may be higher.
A:AnswerMost HD movie files are 4GB roughly on the high end. 1TB is 1000 GB. So you could fit around 980 - 995 movies at least, it's best not to do the full thousand. Because, if you fill a drive all the way to max capacity it usually slows way down.
A:Answerany USB drive can be (for windows) formatted either in FAT of NTFS. If you look up convert drive from FAT to NTFS on windows website, they have a great tutorial to do just that. But always have your data backed up in case. Mine converted from FAT to the new file system without harm.
to partition try' fdis'k from the CMD-LINE or disk management on Microsoft's website search for directions
