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Windows 7 and 4TB external drive back-up error message.
I have a Dell running windows & ultimate. I just purchased a new Seagate 4TB external hard drive for Back-up. in the past I have utilized a smaller Seagate drive that the Windows Back-up program recognized and used. It became too small therefore I went to a 4TB external for backup. I am receiving an error message of : Back-up failure due to an I/O device error. I have reloaded the software from Seagate with no new results. Seagate stated that Windows 7 does not recognize a drive this size, but the Seagate software does not allow for a system image. Is there a way to allow Window 7 to recognize this drive and then utilize the Window Back-up program to perform scheduled data backups and obtain a system image as well?