USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive Downloads

The USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive sold by Seagate does not require additional drivers for most environments (see the notes below for your specific operating system). Keep in mind that you might have to load drivers for your USB host adapter before you can see the drive in the operating system.

No additional drivers are needed for these operating systems. The drivers for external drives (such as FreeAgent, OneTouch, Seagate portable, and Seagate pushbutton lines) are included as part of Vista and normally load automatically, but occasionally the drivers will need to be loaded manually. See this Knowledge Base article for more details.

If using Windows XP, Service Pack 1 added support for USB 2.0. If you are running Windows XP without the Service Pack, then you might not get the full performance of the drive.

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 made several enhancements, including support for USB 2.0. If you are running Windows 2000 without Service Pack 4 or higher, you might not get the full performance of the drive.

Windows Me automatically loads drivers for the USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive. If you are using a USB 2.0 host adapter, however, you will need to load the drivers provided by your host adapter manufacturer (PCI card or motherboard). Also, note that some bundled versions of Windows Me might require the original installation CD or restore CD to access additional files. Certain OEM installations of Windows Me might call for the file USBNTMAP.SYS while attempting to load drivers for the external drive. This file can be located on the Windows Me installation or recovery CD in the WIN9X\BASE2.CAB folder.

If you are using the USB connection, then additional drivers are required.

1. Download the drivers for Windows 98 and USB connections to a temporary folder and run it to extract the component files.


2. Next, follow these installation instructions and browse to your temporary folder to locate the drivers for the new hardware wizard.

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No additional drivers are needed for Mac OS X to see the drive. The first time you use the drive, however, you might need to format the drive for your operating system. See our document on how to format your drive for use with a Macintosh.