Large file transfer Does anyone know if this drive will accept files over 4 and 5 GB?
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If it didn't accept a size that was bigger that would mean that it came formatted to FAT32, and it would need to be formatted to NTFS, the only downside of NTFS being that if you pull it out without safely removing, there is a bigger chance of corruption. To reformat it to NTFS just look up some guide on google.
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If you have the sw for it. I am using 4 different size drives, the largest being 2 tb the smallest being 250 gb. I can access any drive or multiple drives through through the usb port.
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Yes it supports large drives. I have connected on a Mac and i use 4TB drive in any format NTFS FAT or Mac OS X journaled. No problem
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You could possibly use this 3.5 inch drive if you purchase the new nyko databank which allows you to use 3.5 inch HDDs but dont use anything higher than 4TB.
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I currently have a 3TB drive in it and it's working fine. I cannot comment on 4TB.
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I am really sure but, you would probably lose 3-4 GB of data because of manufacture formatting, I would suggest go with 2TB.
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Last i read it will suppourt 3 tb drives. Dont know if it will take 4 tb drives.
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I got between 5.6 MB/s for large files over 4 GB and 6.2 MB/s for files less than 1MB using a USB 2.0 port.
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I haven't tried anything that large. I do have a couple of them, but I have only used a 32g thumb drive.
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You can configure the drive to be either 4 TB or 8 TB. The device itself only contains two 4TB drives.
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Thanks, I'll look into how that is done. Also, can a flashdrive handle a program this large or only just files?
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It comes formatted in ExFat so you can use files greater than 4GB out of the box. You can format it to NTFS if you like or have devices that aren't compatible with ExFat.
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No limits on file size for transfer. None reported and none encountered!Can't say the same if you reformat it in fat32 yourself.
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According to their website, it supports up to 6 TB, so you are good to go with 5 TB.
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Yeah but your better off getting a larger hard drive because of the amount of files you're trying to transfer. This USB is only 16-32 gb of memory and I'm pretty sure you're gonna want to move a lot more files than that.
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My drive failed data transfers and was unusabe. It showed 256G but even 4G could be stored and retrieved before it was loosing files and crashing. Would not recomend unless you were interested in saying you have a 256G drive that you can show. Just dont use for anything you want to keep.
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It works as a large drive. I don't have the continued experience of the drive speeding up. But it works!