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Seagate Readies 3TB Drive
MoreSeagate has confirmed to Thinq that it will introduce hard drives with 3 terabytes of memory this year, but warns that they won't work properly with all operating systems.
The problem exists in the original logical block addressing standard, created back in 1980, which can't assign addresses to any capacities over 2.1TB. That programming is now embedded in motherboards, drivers, and many operating systems.
Officials said that the company plans to use long LBA addressing, which will work in 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, and Linux, but won't work with 32-bit Windows Vista or any version of XP.
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More...Two terabytes not enough for you? Seagate launches the world’s first 3TB desktop drive in its new FreeAgent GoFlex external drive, with an internal Barracuda disk drive to follow.
1,000GB of data? Bah! What about a whopping 2TB? We laugh at your puny storage solution!
For now, or rather Very Soon, you can have a whole 3TB on tap.
Seagate is busting past the 2,000GB mark with a new 3TB drive, which makes its debut in the new FreeAgent GoFlex family of external drives.
The 3TB GoFlex Desk drive will cost $479 when it arrives later this year, and will be followed by an internal Barracuda 3.5 inch drive kit.