- Dec 19, 2008
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I run Win 7 Pro, 64-bit, SP 1.
I'm gearing up to reconfigure my storage drives and replace my old and small backup drives [all data is on non-OS drives and I do redundant backups for everything]. I've been using an HGST 4 TB in an external case as a data [not backup] drive and am considering reformatting this an external backup drive.
I had serious issues with 4TB drives in this system last year: no matter what I did they weren't recognized [system wouldn't even boot].
I have had an open HDD bay/SATA connection in my desktop since this whole mess started and I'd really like to put it to good use with a 4TB WD CB HDD [on sale right now at a very good price].
Given the mysterious issues I had previously, I was wondering whether getting the naked drive, installing it in an external case temporarily, and creating two 2 TB partitions might avoid the issues. Once it was partitioned and formatted I'd take it out of the case and install in the machine.
Does this seem like a logical workaround?
I don't want to get involved with the hassle of my Win 7 install recognizing it. Also, I have a WD TV Live networked to this system [hard-wired to the router]. That device doesn't recognize a 4 TB drive anyway, so 2 + 2 would be fine.
I'm gearing up to reconfigure my storage drives and replace my old and small backup drives [all data is on non-OS drives and I do redundant backups for everything]. I've been using an HGST 4 TB in an external case as a data [not backup] drive and am considering reformatting this an external backup drive.
I had serious issues with 4TB drives in this system last year: no matter what I did they weren't recognized [system wouldn't even boot].
I have had an open HDD bay/SATA connection in my desktop since this whole mess started and I'd really like to put it to good use with a 4TB WD CB HDD [on sale right now at a very good price].
Given the mysterious issues I had previously, I was wondering whether getting the naked drive, installing it in an external case temporarily, and creating two 2 TB partitions might avoid the issues. Once it was partitioned and formatted I'd take it out of the case and install in the machine.
Does this seem like a logical workaround?
I don't want to get involved with the hassle of my Win 7 install recognizing it. Also, I have a WD TV Live networked to this system [hard-wired to the router]. That device doesn't recognize a 4 TB drive anyway, so 2 + 2 would be fine.