New Ultra 4 RNDU400 and 3TB Drives

gibxxi wrote:
However, for other people who may be wondering, these disks need to be partitioned as GPT format if going into a desktop computer permanently - not MBR.

Thanks for the info on GPT and MBR. Reading the text on GPT (from discmgmt.msc), this would have been my choice. But I was unsure even if I knew that the drives won't be used on the laptop.

gibxxi wrote:
The problem you have here is that if the NAS hasn't been shipped with Firmware 4.2.16 or above...

Luckily I didn't have this issue. But I'm sure that there's always a workaround for something.

gibxxi wrote:
EDIT: Oops - didn't see the second page of the thread lol. With regards the drive's reported size, yes this is normal. Formatted capacity of a drive is always less than advertised capacity. For several reasons. One of which being the unit of measure used to calculate drive sizes. Google it and you'll find doezens of articles on the subject. Congratulations on getting there though. :)

Thanks. :D