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Be on the lookout for that, and try to avoid them if you can, because most AF Drives require using third party software to format them properly in XP x A lot of people use these big external drives. At that size, I'd use them basically for storage. It hurts to imagine what it would feel like to have a problem and lose 1 or 2 TB of data, all at the same time. Last edited by sanlyn; 23rd Mar at Originally Posted by sanlyn. All the way. But 1 TB or more, that's a lot to hassle with.
I limit mine to GB. But that's just me. Possibly when I start archiving HD, I might have to change my ways. So far I had to fix one GB drive problem. Took up a whole afternoon. Last edited by jagabo; 15th Oct at Intermediate, final work files, most originals, and authored stuff are double-backed on HDD.
Yeah, I have a lot of both around. That drive problem took a while because i had to find the 2nd backup first. It takes a long time to Xcopy GB. I used an old DriveImage instead, straight uncompressed copy. That excuse me, I said , but it's was a rather old drive, one of the first of its kind on the market but very low use time. Newer drives and the later small USB's are likely more reliable. Originally Posted by FrankVideo.
USB 3 is backwards compatible and it's much, much faster. For a system to be able to address the maximum capacity of a device that has a storage capacity of more than 2 TB, the following prerequisites apply:. The Windows version must be one of the following bit or bit, unless otherwise noted, but including all SKU editions :. The latest storage drivers from your storage controller manufacturer must be installed.
For example, if your system uses an Intel storage controller that is set to "RAID" mode, make sure that you have the latest applicable drivers from the Intel support site. Overall, you should contact your system vendor to determine whether the system supports device sizes of more than 2 TB.
For example, if your system uses an Intel storage controller set to RAID mode, make sure that you have the latest applicable drivers from the Intel support site. Consult your system vendor to determine whether the system supports both UEFI and the startup of devices that have storage capacities of greater than 2 TB. The following tables list Microsoft support for the various concepts that are discussed in this article. This information provides an overall support statement about disks that have a storage capacity of greater than 2 TB.
Hybrid-MBR is an alternative style of partitioning that isn't supported by any version of Windows. However, the remaining capacity cannot be addressed and, therefore, cannot be used.
The following steps show how to initialize a fresh disk by using the GPT partitioning scheme to help ensure that Windows can address the maximum available storage capacity.
Make sure that you back up any important data before you try these steps. Click Start , type diskmgmt. If it's necessary, enter the credentials for a user account that has Administrator privileges. When a non-initialized disk is detected by Windows, the following window opens to prompt you to initialize the disk.
If you select this option, this hard disk will not be recognized by Windows versions earlier than and including Windows XP. Check the Disk Management window to verify that the disk is initialized. If it is, the status row for that disk at the bottom of the window should indicate that the disk is Online. After the disk is initialized, you must create a partition, and then format that partition by using a file system. It's to be able to store data in that partition, and assign a name and a drive letter to that partition.
To do it, right-click the unallocated space on the right side of the status row for that disk, and then click New Simple Volume. Follow the steps in the partition wizard to complete this process. If you have previously initialized the disk by using the MBR partitioning scheme, follow these steps to initialize the disk by using the GPT scheme.
In the Disk Management window, examine the disk status rows at the bottom. In the following example, the user has a 3-TB disk that was previously initialized by using the MBR partitioning scheme. That device is labeled here as Disk 1. Disk 1 contains two separate unallocated sections. This separation indicates that the first 2 TB of the disk space can be used.
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