Using a new Seagate Constellation 3tb 3.5" sata drive

Greggwb · Jul 26, 2015

The drive is new, I must put it an external enclosure since my Asus VivoPC doesnt have provision (or size) for a second HD... The drive has SED (self-encryption drive) which I don't want to use...

Mattios · Jul 26, 2015

It shouldn't force you to use the encryption, it probably comes from software that is optional to install.

What exactly is the question here?

Greggwb · Jul 27, 2015

Well, Mattios, as a matter of fact, I HAVE done quite a bit of Googling on this issue, with not much info to show for it. I apologize for not stating a question tho - you are perfectly correct in pointing that out! My bad!

Mattios · Jul 27, 2015

Hmm I couldn't really answer that. I'd suggest asking Seagate support. I did some brief research and I think you can just not set a password and the drive will not be encrypted.

I'd suggest just bypassing the issue by choosing another make/model, for example a WD drive.

Eggz · Jul 27, 2015

I think the encryption must be an optional feature. I have two of the drives in 4 TB variants, but I'm not using encryption at all. They are just in RAID 1 and work as normal drives, though I suppose I could enable the encryption features if I wanted to (which I don't). I didn't do anything special in setting them up, so I think it might be worth giving it a shot.

But if you haven't opened the drive yet, you may want to return it for a 2.5 in drive with more storage. You'll be able to have it be internal that way.

Greggwb · Jul 27, 2015

Eggz :

I think the encryption must be an optional feature. I have two of the drives in 4 TB variants, but I'm not using encryption at all. They are just in RAID 1 and work as normal drives, though I suppose I could enable the encryption features if I wanted to (which I don't). I didn't do anything special in setting them up, so I think it might be worth giving it a shot.

But if you haven't opened the drive yet, you may want to return it for a 2.5 in drive with more storage. You'll be able to have it be internal that way.

Greggwb · Jul 27, 2015

Much thanks for that answer. I will try it and see what happens... Was it already formatted or did you have to do that?

Eggz · Jul 28, 2015

I had to format it when I built the RAID array. They are pretty fast for HDDs. You'll be happy with it if you stick with that drive.

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