What are the dimensions of the unit? I'd like the 3TB, but it specifically says not Windows 7 compatable, any ideas?
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approx. 1 feet long, 6 inches wide. Not sure about compatibility issues. I'd google around.
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The dimensions... a little bit bigger than a 3.5" internal drive would be except a little taller. The venting is good and she doesnt overheat after 2 hours of movie watching from a file located on the drive. Windows7 Not compatible? -NOT TRUE.. I have my movie collection on this thing: Its compatible with my smart TV, Win7, Win8 and Mac Lion (Plugged in Physically and or networked in).. I have used each of these platforms with the 3Tb and without fail. Anyone tells you different, I would have a concern. I use mine every day. The only thing that could cause you an issue is if it came as a refurb from previous owner and that person re-partitioned the drive for some other purpose that isnt Win7 friendly. New and out of the box,, shes ready to go. Refurbed (if not) just needs a repartition and formatting. Good luck! -g
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Yes, it works great with Windows 7. I use that system in my computer and have had no issues with the drive. As for the size, I do believe that 500GB is the max. I am not sure what causes the limit, but 500GB is as high as it goes.
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I have installed a 3TB drive and it has been working without any issues. I believe that the drive size would be more of a function of the operating system and Device Monitor settings. If you have a drive I would try it but if you want to be safe, I would use a 3TB. This is a link to the Mediasonic product forum http://forum.mediasonic.ca/search.php?sid=1802efeb494c71a15013ae8c81a53b31 The product forum does talk about users installing 4TB drives in their 5 bay version of this enclosure.
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I use a 4TB drive in mine with Windows 7. It works great. Solid case. I love it.
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB. The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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The size of the drive is dependent on the operating system you are using 2TB max for XP, Win 7 9TB.
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB.The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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I have not tried yet, I am not sure about it. I have got in touch with the technicians at USpeed for their answer. I might buy a 4Tb myself if it works.
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Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it.... » Read More Hi William: I have so far had a good experience with the LaCie 3TB minimus (with Windows 7). It is possible I may have a review of it on Amazon. My concerns were largely issues of formatting a 3TB drive. But an official vendor's quote could be taken if you make a pdf of the Amazon page for the relevant product. I would think the same goes for any other site. And give the school a printout of the pdf. They can verify it independently as well once you have given them the pdf. If the school is bureaucratic about it get written quotes from neighbourhood computer stores. That ought to do it. Good luck!! « Show Less
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I used a 2TB Seagate drive, and had no trouble recognizing it in Win 7. Both USB and E-SATA worked ok for me. Have you tried both interfaces? Might want to try connecting it to another system as well.
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I have a 4 TB drive in this enclosure (and 3 2TB's). You must format (partition) the drive correctly. Do not format it as a MBR partition. It will only recognize 2 TB if you do that. Partition as GPT.
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I see this question a number of times here. There is a misunderstanding about disks 3TB or larger will only show 2.19TB. ONLY IF you are trying to make it a bootable device. If you are going to use it as a backup disks and if you just want to dump files there, it is not a problem. I would say it is Amazon's problem in that they were not clear. This is unfortunate, but I wonder if anyone chose a lower capacity disk due to the comment.
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Amazon have been sending me the WD20EARS-00MVWB0!If you do buy it, please buy it thru my Amazon Store, its the same price and I get a small kickback from the sale.http://astore.amazon.com/brisperpag-20/detail/B002ZCXK0IGreat drive btw, use this for my main data partition and for an external backup drive on many servers.
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No. Order the correct size HDD enclosure. I think it's a 2.5". Or, get one of the docking stations.
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There's something wrong with the size description of the WD 2TB My Passport Studio on the Amazon web page. I have one and it measures roughly5" x 3-3/8" x 1". I'm going to give it a shot. I'll re-post if it doesn't work out.
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As to specifically handling a 3TB drive, I can not state, although the unit will handle a combined total of 16TB, I have a 2.5 TB drive in my unit and it works very well
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I got this 3 TB drive. Personally it is no different from the 2 TB other then the obvious 1 TB extra. One thing to note since this drive is larger then 2 TB it will have to be formatted with GPT (GUID Partition Table) not MBR (Master Boot Record). You OS mush be able to support that, Windows 7 and up.