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| Thread ID: 113706 | 2010-11-01 00:47:00 | People who use ASUS mobos / who use 2.2+ TB hdd's may want this | Speedy Gonzales (78) | Press F1 |
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| 1149271 | 2010-11-01 00:47:00 | event.asus.com It "unlocks" the space you cant access in windows (when using one hdd thats 2.2TB+ in size). It works in XP, Vista , Win7. Its only for ASUS mobos So, if you're using another brand of mobo, dont use it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1149272 | 2010-11-01 00:57:00 | I'm thinking you mean 2.2+ TB, not GB. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1149273 | 2010-11-01 00:59:00 | Fixed :p | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1149274 | 2010-11-01 04:43:00 | A bit misleading when they say "The best thing about Disk Unlocker is that it works with every ASUS motherboard, hassle free. " - But then list only certain chipsets... Still, looks like a pretty good program. I wonder how it works, just some kind of DDO software? I hope someone comes up with something that works on other brands as well... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1149275 | 2010-11-01 05:18:00 | This is good to know, but then it raises other issues... how do you backup such a drive? Will the extra area be seen / recognised by backup/restore software? Is it treated as another partition? Just how much is visible if your OS goes belly-up? Pricespy show 3TB drives are now available. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1149276 | 2010-11-01 10:15:00 | Good points... Maybe it would be best to just use hardware and OS which natively support 3TB drives to minimise those kind of issues. Personally, I don't even have any 2TB drives yet, so I don't desperately need anything like this yet... By the time I do get around to buying something that big I expect it won't be a problem anymore |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1149277 | 2010-11-01 18:59:00 | You can use drives >2TB as long as you convert them to GPT, but can only boot Windows off such a drive if its a 64-bit edition of Vista or later and booting using EFI. Most recent Linux distros will boot fine from a GPT drive (with or without EFI) also. | inphinity (7274) | ||
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