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I have on hand a Seagate ST3500414CS. &nbsp;The label says &quot;Video 3.5 HDD 500GB&quot;. &nbsp;I think it came from a TiVo. &nbsp;Can I partition it, format it, and use it like a normal drive, in a Win7 PC? &nbsp;Or, is there something &quot;special&quot; about such drives that makes this a bad idea? &nbsp;TIA
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I have on hand a Seagate ST3500414CS.  The label says "Video 3.5 HDD 500GB".  I think it came from a TiVo.  Can I partition it, format it, and use it like a normal drive, in a Win7 PC?  Or, is there something "special" about such drives that makes this a bad idea?  TIA

Can I use a Seagate &quot;Video&quot; hard drive like normal?

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Can I use a Seagate &quot;Video&quot; hard drive like normal?

Can I use a Seagate "Video" hard drive like normal?