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3tb esternal USB hard drives under 4.2.17
Having some difficulty seeing the full 3tb on an external USB hard drive. I just updated the Readynas Pro Buisness from 4.2.5 -> 4.2.17 inorder to use 3TB drives as backup media. I had expected to ...
As mentioned, over 2tb support requires GPT partitions.
Unfortunately xp does not support GPT partitions, you must use vista/win7, or linux or mac to partition for GPT.
@ davidarky, if you have an NV+, the nv+/duo does NOT support GPT partitions, so the 3tb+ drives will NOT work.
If you want to backup using the 3tb drive, you will have to attach it to a PC/MAC that is compatible with 3tb drives, then backup over the network to the PC with the usb drive attached.
Unfortunately xp does not support GPT partitions, you must use vista/win7, or linux or mac to partition for GPT.
@ davidarky, if you have an NV+, the nv+/duo does NOT support GPT partitions, so the 3tb+ drives will NOT work.
If you want to backup using the 3tb drive, you will have to attach it to a PC/MAC that is compatible with 3tb drives, then backup over the network to the PC with the usb drive attached.
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