Using a ST4000DM000 4t drive with an Intel D975XBX2 without a lot of hassle?

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I want to use a 4T Seagate drive with my Intel D975XBX2 bare drive and Win 7 64. I see that it is compatable but should it plug right in and accept formatting? I gave had frustrating times with drives in the past and XP and I am hoping it will be easier this time. I need to consolidate and reduce the number of drives in the cab.
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Only reason why it would give you a problem is because XP was 32 bit. You would have the same issue with Win7 32 Bit but since you have 64 bit its not an issue. Just install the drive then when you go to the Disk management make sure you tell it to use GPT and not MRB. MRB only does 2TB max. Once its set to GPT it will make a 128MB Partition before had that you don't want to delete. Then you can use the rest to format and parition how you like.
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Only reason why it would give you a problem is because XP was 32 bit. You would have the same issue with Win7 32 Bit but since you have 64 bit its not an issue. Just install the drive then when you go to the Disk management make sure you tell it to use GPT and not MRB. MRB only does 2TB max. Once its set to GPT it will make a 128MB Partition before had that you don't want to delete. Then you can use the rest to format and parition how you like.
 
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Thanks. I was nervous both about using a new 4 tb and reformatting the current 3tb and this helps. My OS is on a separate smaller Seagate by itself. Would it be OK to mirror that onto another separate drive that I can store in case something happens to It?
 
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Yes if you have another drive that is at least the size of you data ( So if you have a 500 GB but only 200 GB used you can use a 250/320 if you want) I use Marcirum Reflect which will allow you do clone to a smaller drive as long as its bigger than the amount of data you have. Now when you first install it it will ask to create a Rescue Media. You want to do this. It will download some stuff that is needed to make it (It will delete it when its done). Then burn it to a disk. Then turn off the PC, Plug in the drive you wish to clone to and unplug all other drives (Just leave the source and destination drive) and of course your DVD Drive. Then Boot from the CD. Once booted click on the Disk Image tab at the top, select your Source drive (Current one and make sure its the right one! Maybe before you boot from the drive, boot with the extra drive and delete the partitions in Disk Management so you can tell the difference) and click the Clone this Disk below it. Then select the other drive and start the cloning process. Once done, Turn off, Remove CD and Backup Drive, connect other drives and boot back up!

Now as far as the 4TB drive goes i don't your motherboard will have an issue. I have a ASUS P5N-D which is also a 775 socket CPU with an NVidia 750i Chipset and it reads my Seagate 4TB fine on the motherboard SATA ports.

If it can't you could find a cheap SATA III Controller that you can toss in your motherboard and connect it to that and that should read it just fine.
 
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