A:AnswerIt will but you will need to format it first in xp. See my other answer here on using with xp for details. I have the larger 10TB drive working in xp. :)
A:AnswerI have tested these drives internally and externally with numerous USB, USB C, and Active Thunderbolt cables. With all I get roughly the same speed which is about 200 MB/s. That speed was even consistent using a SATA cable and having the drive internal to the PC.
A:AnswerXp is a windows operating system and so are windows 7 or 8 or 10 they are all windows operating system and they normally use NTFS format. If you do NTFS you can use the drive among all windows operating system.....now if you own a Mac and a Windows and want to use the same drive you might have to use third party software to use either NTSF or HSF+ (you have to pick one and find the third party app to use on the off format pc)....
A:AnswerI have this connected to the USB 3.0 port on my router and have copied files to and from this device. It has a built in FTP and Media Center. Which work GREAT. I have a Linksys 1200 series router.
