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Problem with ST2000DL003 after upgrading NV+
Hi folks, I'm a little bit pissed, because last time, upgrading from 2x750GB to 4x1TB WD Green Drives failed. And Netgear kicked out theses drives from the comp.list and denied support afterwards!!...
It is probably not the size of the disks but the fact that they are formatted with EXT4, not NTFS. They should show up in the BIOS listing and should also show up in Disk Management. But you don't need to read the data on the drive.
If you download SeaTools, install it in Windows and then shut down the machine. Connect one of the drives to an SATA port on the mb. Then reboot the machine. After Windows loads, start SeaTools for Windows. It will seek out any compatible hard drive (even some of the WD drives) and will allow you to run the tests. SeaTools for Windows does not care in which file format the drives are formatted.
I will admit that I have never tested a drive over 500GB with SeaTools on an XP machine, but it should do so. I have tested larger drives on both Vista and Win 7.
If you download SeaTools, install it in Windows and then shut down the machine. Connect one of the drives to an SATA port on the mb. Then reboot the machine. After Windows loads, start SeaTools for Windows. It will seek out any compatible hard drive (even some of the WD drives) and will allow you to run the tests. SeaTools for Windows does not care in which file format the drives are formatted.
I will admit that I have never tested a drive over 500GB with SeaTools on an XP machine, but it should do so. I have tested larger drives on both Vista and Win 7.
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