Subj : Re: 4TB HDD w/ XP
To   : Kostie Muirhead
From : Ed Vance
Date : Mon Aug 10 2020 09:30 pm

08-07-20 17:27 Kostie Muirhead wrote to Ed Vance about 4TB HDD w/ XP
Howdy! Kostie,

Thank You for educating "Ed".

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 KM>   Re: 4TB HDD w/ XP
 KM>   By: Ed Vance to All on Fri Aug 07 2020 05:32 pm

 EV> Earlier I wrote about trying to use a 4TB External USB HDD with the XP pc.
 EV> I learned XP couldn't use it, so I used it with a computer with Vista on
 EV> it.
 EV> I have wondered if before I had saved files to it on the Vista pc if XP
 EV> would had been able to use the Drive if I had used the Vista pc to
 EV> Partitioned it into Two 2TB sections?

 KM> Probably not. The >2TB drive size limit was typically a controller
 KM> issue, not a filesystem issue. ===
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A long time ago I got a 3TB WD External HDD for this XP pc.
I used it with a FireWire cable.

I just now tried to see if XP could see it but failed.

So I tried unplugging the FireWire connector and using a USB cable but that
hasn't been recognized by this computer either.

Oh Well, another learning experience I will have to put on the ROUNDTUIT
List to figure out why iirc the HDD worked long ago but not now.

HMMMM?

Could XP see a 3TB HDD or is 2TB the limit as You wrote earlier.

Thanks, 73 de Ed W9ODR


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