Hi. Seagate says that its DiskWizard (Acronis) can partition a 3TB disk in MBR and a Windows XP computer would be able to access it, provided it has a Seagate product installed on it.
(from DiskWizard's manual: "Note: if you move such a disc to another system, you need at least one Seagate product installed on that system to be able to use Extended Capacity Discs.)"
I bought one of these drives (ST3000DM001, the Barracuda 3TB), and my network has a Windows 7, a Windows XP and a Linux computers. I'm going to buy a NAS soon.
My question: if I initialize that disk as MBR with DiskWizard,
then install DiskWizard in my XP computer,
then insert this disk on a NAS
Would the XP computer be able to access the 3TB HD???
I'm trying to understand what exactly DiskWizard does here.
Thank you so much for any input you may provide.
(from DiskWizard's manual: "Note: if you move such a disc to another system, you need at least one Seagate product installed on that system to be able to use Extended Capacity Discs.)"
I bought one of these drives (ST3000DM001, the Barracuda 3TB), and my network has a Windows 7, a Windows XP and a Linux computers. I'm going to buy a NAS soon.
My question: if I initialize that disk as MBR with DiskWizard,
then install DiskWizard in my XP computer,
then insert this disk on a NAS
Would the XP computer be able to access the 3TB HD???
I'm trying to understand what exactly DiskWizard does here.
Thank you so much for any input you may provide.