A:AnswerJust get the regular expansion hd and not the back up one. Trust me. I bought the back up one from an employee saying you can just store things on there, and he was wrong. It literally backs up things, hence the name.
A:AnswerYes, this drive will work perfectly with no issues. It will perform much faster too if your new laptop comes with a 3.0USB port. It also fully backwards compatible if it needs to be used on a 2.0USB port.