The 2 TB barrier?
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I'm well aware that by default Windows XP does not understand any hard drives larger than 2 TB. I've heard there are workarounds for this, but that's not exactly what I'm interested in here...
What I'm wondering is, if I were to purchase a 4 TB external drive with RAID capabilities, would I be able to set it up in RAID 1 so that Windows sees it as a single 2 TB drive?
This is one of the drives I had in mind:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=290
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I contacted Western Digital, and they gave me a rather generic reply saying that it "might" be possible but that I should confirm it with Microsoft.
Well, I'm gonna try asking here first.![;)]( ";)")
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Having a single mirrored external drive with this much space would really be an end-all, be-all solution for the foreseeable future. I only have one eSata port on my computer, so getting two 1 TB drives like this just wouldn't be as slick.
What I'm wondering is, if I were to purchase a 4 TB external drive with RAID capabilities, would I be able to set it up in RAID 1 so that Windows sees it as a single 2 TB drive?
This is one of the drives I had in mind:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=290
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
I contacted Western Digital, and they gave me a rather generic reply saying that it "might" be possible but that I should confirm it with Microsoft.
Well, I'm gonna try asking here first.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.Having a single mirrored external drive with this much space would really be an end-all, be-all solution for the foreseeable future. I only have one eSata port on my computer, so getting two 1 TB drives like this just wouldn't be as slick.
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Legacy USB boot support is definitely an option in my BIOS; however, I would be connecting the drive via eSATA.
If was going to to just run USB, I could just buy two 2 TB drives set to RAID 1 — but I'd really like to just have one nice, big fast drive.![:D]( ":D")
Would it possibly help to set up the RAID 1 configuration on a newer OS, and then I could go back and connect it to an XP machine (and thus it would believe it's just a 2 TB drive)?
If was going to to just run USB, I could just buy two 2 TB drives set to RAID 1 — but I'd really like to just have one nice, big fast drive.
Would it possibly help to set up the RAID 1 configuration on a newer OS, and then I could go back and connect it to an XP machine (and thus it would believe it's just a 2 TB drive)?
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