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| Thread ID: 111215 | 2010-07-18 10:19:00 | Seagate releases 3TB drive | Paul.Cov (425) | Press F1 |
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| 1119913 | 2010-07-18 10:19:00 | blogs.computerworld.com A single drive, with 5 double-sided platters. Seems however there is an addressing problem when going past 2.1TB, plus a boot problem with all but the latest mobo's. Pricespy shows it going at 15cents per GB. Currently only available in an external enclosure (probably because of the lack of OS and mobo support for it when hooked up internally) |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1119914 | 2010-07-18 11:51:00 | This may fix it (www.microsoft.com) If that's what you mean. Only prob is: Only Windows for Itanium-based systems can boot from GPT partitions. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1119915 | 2010-07-18 12:11:00 | you know many people running itanium editions of windows? | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1119916 | 2010-07-18 22:01:00 | I can't even imagine filling it. My 250GB is half full......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1119917 | 2010-07-18 23:06:00 | This may fix it (www.microsoft.com) If that's what you mean. Only prob is: Only Windows for Itanium-based systems can boot from GPT partitions. Windows 7 (x64) and Server 2008 R2 both support booting from an GPT partitions, I'm not sure if Windows 7 32bit supports it though. |
Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1119918 | 2010-07-18 23:24:00 | They probably do, since both werent around when the info on that site was written. Looks like you can use it in Vista x64 too after you've installed SP1 (support.microsoft.com) Altho, You have to have an EFI based system to support booting from GPT disks Easy way to fix it, partition the hdd to less than 2 TB |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1119919 | 2010-07-18 23:38:00 | Well its about time they brought out a bigger one, we have had 2tb available for ages EDIT: LOL 2.1Tb should be more than enough for anyone |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1119920 | 2010-07-19 00:05:00 | They probably do, since both werent around when the info on that site was written. Looks like you can use it in Vista x64 too after you've installed SP1 (support.microsoft.com) Altho, You have to have an EFI based system to support booting from GPT disks Easy way to fix it, partition the hdd to less than 2 TB I think in 32bit versions of XP, the 3tb drive will appear as a 900mb drive. So if it is partitioned into say 1.5+1.5, the whole 3tb will be usable? |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1119921 | 2010-07-19 00:13:00 | No, I dont think so. I think you need x64, for it to work properly. From here (www.digitaltrends.com) To put it simply, Microsoft and IBM agreed to a standard in the original DOS that put a cap on internal capacity at 2.1TB. The problem is the limit of the logical block addressing (LBA), which would mean nothing to all but the most knowledgeable PC users, but the result is that XP users would be lucky to see 2.1TBs. Some tests show that a glitch might display no more than 990MB of storage space. To run the drive, users will need a 64-bit OS. Windows Vista (although not the Vista 32-bit) and Windows 7 should be able to accept and recognize the full 3TB drive. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1119922 | 2010-07-19 11:47:00 | And then there is the perennial problem of what to back it up with! Another 3GB drive I guess. | linw (53) | ||
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