- May 19, 2008
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I've read 100's of posts about 3 TB drives not showing up correctly in Windows.
My situation is I have WD Green 3 TB drive that only shows up in windows 10 as 746GB when connected through the USB cable. The external drive is a Rosewill and it has 2 ports. eSATA and USB ( USB is 2.0 ). On my Inspiron 7720 - the drive shows up as 746GB connected via the USB port. On my Wife's HP ( WIN 10 ) connected via the eSATA cable - I was able to format the drive properly and can see 2.7TB ( Which I guess is standard?? You lose 300GB??) - so I guess my Rosewill can only read this drive as 746GB via the 2.0 USB port? Is there any changes that will allow the Rosewill USB connection see the whole 3 TB?
If it is the Rosewill - will a newer external 3.0 USB drive see the full # TB's?
I'm assuming it's the outdated interface on the Rosewill?
Thanks for looking and all replies are appreciated.
My situation is I have WD Green 3 TB drive that only shows up in windows 10 as 746GB when connected through the USB cable. The external drive is a Rosewill and it has 2 ports. eSATA and USB ( USB is 2.0 ). On my Inspiron 7720 - the drive shows up as 746GB connected via the USB port. On my Wife's HP ( WIN 10 ) connected via the eSATA cable - I was able to format the drive properly and can see 2.7TB ( Which I guess is standard?? You lose 300GB??) - so I guess my Rosewill can only read this drive as 746GB via the 2.0 USB port? Is there any changes that will allow the Rosewill USB connection see the whole 3 TB?
If it is the Rosewill - will a newer external 3.0 USB drive see the full # TB's?
I'm assuming it's the outdated interface on the Rosewill?
Thanks for looking and all replies are appreciated.
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