Is the Western Digital Elements usb 3.0 supported on linux mint 17.2 & Ubuntu 15.10?

akemi.miyano · 11-15-2015, 04:30 AM

i wanna buy an hdd that supports my linux and windows laptop at an affordable price. I am look at the WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive. Will it be supported on my linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela and Ubuntu 15.10

DaveQB · 11-16-2015, 01:05 AM

Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but USB3 is standard across all operating systems, so I can't see why it wouldn't.
Has anyone had a USB3 storage device not work with a Linux system?

If it is not using USB Mass Storage and instead some custom communication protocol then that might be a problem. Does it need software installed to work? Might say on the box/description.

akemi.miyano · 11-16-2015, 02:25 AM

i like being accurate so i mentioned the usb 3.0 part. I too know that its not an issue. What i was asking is if the drive is supported by the os.

DaveQB · 11-16-2015, 02:26 AM

You mean if you pull the drive out of the housing and stick into your computer?

maples · 11-16-2015, 01:20 PM

It's a USB hard drive. So unless Western Digital did something ridiculously stupid with it (which I highly doubt, we've bought several of their drives and they work great) it should be fine.

Habitual · 11-16-2015, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akemi.miyano

i wanna buy an hdd...I am look at the WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive.

hdd implies internal or fixed disk. External, not-so-much.

Clarify that discrepancy and perhaps we can help you further.

John VV · 11-16-2015, 04:00 PM

WD dose HOWEVER!!!!
preinstall Microsoft Software on the Microsoft NTFS formatted drive

you WILL want to reformat it to ext4 using GPT