Yes, you can just install your software and the drive but its best that you register immeidiately. They have decent customer service where they will replace you broken drive with a new one, if it dies...that happened to my first My Book Pro Edition drive...so be careful...if you are rich and can afford 1000 to have your lost data recovered, then fine. Im not rich and cant afford that so i lost ALL my data (500 gb) on my first drive. Because I registered it, I got a free drive four or five days later, if you have a credit card. Then i shipped them my old drive. Unfortunately, my new drive was fine for a year and died yesterday, again, ive lost ALL my data...consider making an additional backup of things you really NEED. Spending a 100 dollars just for that kind of back up is much cheaper than 1000 to recover the entire drive. Hope that helps. CJ Plourde
PS. My second drive also died, burned hard, and I lost all my literature. I didnt even bother replacing it, I was too bummed out. I will never again buy Western Digital Hard Drives. I think I used it as a door stop for a while...PS. My second drive also died, burned hard, and I lost all my literature. I didnt even bother replacing it, I was too bummed out. I will never again buy Western Digital Hard Drives. I think I used it as a door stop for a while...
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Yes, you can just install your software and the drive but its best that you register immeidiately. They have decent customer service where they will replace you broken drive with a new one, if it dies...that happened to my first My Book Pro Edition drive...so be careful...if you are rich and can afford 1000 to have your lost data recovered, then fine. Im not rich and cant afford that so i lost ALL my data (500 gb) on my first drive. Because I registered it, I got a free drive four or five days later, if you have a credit card. Then i shipped them my old drive. Unfortunately, my new drive was fine for a year and died yesterday, again, ive lost ALL my data...consider making an additional backup of things you really NEED. Spending a 100 dollars just for that kind of back up is much cheaper than 1000 to recover the entire drive. Hope that helps. CJ Plourde
PS. My second drive also died, burned hard, and I lost all my literature. I didnt even bother replacing it, I was too bummed out. I will never again buy Western Digital Hard Drives. I think I used it as a door stop for a while...