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Seagate has confirmed plans to release a 3TB hard disk drive later this year. However, the 3TB drive will only be recognized by 64-bit operating systems, such as Windows 7, Vista and Linux.
"Not only that, but you may not even be able to see 2.1TB of a 3TB drive when using Windows XP," wrote Thinq's Ben Hardwidge
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Read More: Seagate says 3TB drive requires 64-bit OS | TG Daily
 

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darn that is crazy...although would it work if the drive were partitioned into mutable logical drives?
 

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smsff7 said:
darn that is crazy...although would it work if the drive were partitioned into mutable logical drives?
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I have the same question, however since it XP uses LBA and can not use Large LBA I bet the drive will not work. :(
 

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WindowsStar said:
smsff7 said:
darn that is crazy...although would it work if the drive were partitioned into mutable logical drives?
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I have the same question, however since it XP uses LBA and can not use Large LBA I bet the drive will not work. :(
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even so I moved on to Win7 :), but I guess if I were to get this HDD I would have some problum if I were to run XP as a guest os or 2nd boot
 

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If you are an XP user this drive is not for you; it will not work in XP. Even if you break it down into several drives (partitions) it still will not work. You will need Windows 7 or Vista 64 bit. Of course this information can change before the final release date.
 

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I dont understand... why is LBA an issue? i thought they were going to use the new standard so it "fit" nicely with the old standard so XP could read it?

It just goes to show that 64 bit computing has well and truly arrived though, I dont think they even sell 32 bit computers any more... unless their netbooks ofc
 

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Seagates have always been champs for me. They just will not die. Others may have issues but they are great as far as I can tell.
 

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Dixon Butz said:
I would never touch any Seagate drives. Even if they were free.

Customer Reviews Of Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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There are always bad drives, and firmware, etc. And the larger drives seem to always have more trouble. Look at the reviews for any 2TB drive and you will see tons of DOA's and died after a week from Western Digital, Hitachi, etc.

My experiences with Seagate's I've personally owned have been really good.
 

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I've had two laptop Seagates (40GB, and 500GB) and never had an issue.

Had some Western Digitals before that and had one WD (500 GB Desktop) that went out in the first month of having it.

Each company is prone to one or two models having issues. It's statistically natural. No one is perfect.
 

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My Seagate works just fine - like others have said, it will not die. My WD's did, tho'.

Yeah, I guess this just goes to show that 64-bit computing is the computing of the future - at least the near future.
 

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Seagate had a bad run of 2tb drives come out which decimated their reputation. Beyond that, their drives are reliable.

Talking about 64-bit computing, I wonder if this is the death-neel for 32-bit.
 

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all my drives are seagate. i have 3. one is a hundred years old:D. if it dies now, i guess its had a good life.
 

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Zen00 said:
Seagate had a bad run of 2tb drives come out which decimated their reputation. Beyond that, their drives are reliable.
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7200.11 - one number that destroyed a reputation.

Talking about 64-bit computing, I wonder if this is the death-neel for 32-bit.
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It may not be the death knell, but it's certainly playing it's part.
 

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Zen00 said:
Seagate had a bad run of 2tb drives come out which decimated their reputation. Beyond that, their drives are reliable.
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They had the 7200.11 at the 1.5TB variety that had tons of firmware issues.
 

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Lee said:
If you are an XP user this drive is not for you; it will not work in XP. Even if you break it down into several drives (partitions) it still will not work. You will need Windows 7 or Vista 64 bit. Of course this information can change before the final release date.
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You are forgetting that XP 64 Bit Professional is still around although support is now an issue.
 

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It's apparently not just the OS that can be a problem but 99% of current BIOS's will not accept a drive over 2.1tb, they are looking to motherboards that load subsitute BIOS routines with the OS. This rules out most current mobo's.
 

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3tb on XP, YES YOU CAN!

How To Use any and all (not external, sorry) 3TB Hard Drives On Windows XP
An alternative is an advanced partitioning scheme like GUID Partition Table (GPT) which can support 3TB volumes. The problem however is that GPT is not supported by Windows XP.

Paragon however came up with a solution. They basically create a specially signed driver to make Windows XP compatible with the GPT partitioning scheme. With this in place, Windows XP users can utilize the full storage of 3TB hard drives.
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IT will work, it just can not be the boot drive or an external (USB, FireWire, etc.) Also RAID may not work

Seagate launches XP-supporting 3TB drive • The Register
Seagate aims to sell its 3TB whopper to them because the DiscWizard software makes the drive bootable and comes at no charge. You install the drive on your system, download the software from www.seagate.com/beyond-2TB, run the software and use it to configure the drive with a virtual device driver that makes it bootable from non-UEFI motherboards and by Windows XP. Seagate says there is no equivalent software available from the other 3TB drive suppliers, Hitachi GST and Western Digital. Their equivalent drives cannot be booted by non-UEFI motherboards, and only Hitachi GST provides XP support.
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This is only for Seagate drives, but you can boot form the drive (External may still not work, sorry.).
 

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