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esata does not see full ntfs drive
Hi all
I have a PK5 premium m/b desktop, using esata connections for my two external drives, a 750g and a 1T both WD in Akasa Integral boxes working ok.
I can remove them from esata and connect by usb to my laptop ....works fine. Both using win 7 64.
I bought a new 2T Wd and fitted it in an another Akasa Integral box.
I formatted it ntfs on my laptop and connected it onto the desktop by esata.
The esata connection on the desktop saw it as a 232gdrive with 1600g unallocated.
I tried it with the usb on the desktop and it saw the full 2T(or thereabouts).
I reformatted it on esata and when connected by usb it said it needed formatting.
I was getting a bit confused about this.
The drive is not for an OS, just for duplicate backups of family home movies photos, 3 different laptop images etc.
I tried several different combinations including using different esata sockets, eventually reformatting it Exfat.
That seems to work, but I dont know about putting backup images on the drive.
Will an ntfs image saved on Exfat work?
I would be grateful for any comments or guidance on this.
Thanks Peter
Last edited by catman275; 07 Mar 2013 at 05:38. Reason: I used "g" instead of "T" in a couple of cases