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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I transfer a lot of large files (video and database files in the multi gb range) and I experience much faster transfer times with this drive and 3.0 drives in general. I'd estimate 5 times the speed, maybe more, without actually using a stopwatch.
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This appears to be capable of supporting a 4TB drive. Once the 2.5 TB is passed, it seems to function properly, assuming that you are running an operating system that supports the volume (64bit system), if not you need to break it up into volumes blow the 32bit system limit.
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the largest drive i'm using with this is 2TB, but I see no reason why 4TB shouldn't work, as long as you have 64 bit windows.
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I use a thumb drive I'm on my western digital units. The largest one I used was a 64 gig and it use it with no problem.
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Hey Douglas, yes the speed is not a problem you can transfer files quickly, though I am not sure how long it takes for 32 gb. I use to transfer everything from my laptop to this external drive. But I would not recommend it. After one year of having it, all of the sudden the drive was not responding it, and was not retreiving my data anymore. Basically all the data I had about 250 gb files was burned and lost. It was quite a tragedy for me. But a classical ipod that I used to have with is also USB was much more worthy to keep it and it still has my data since 7 years that I have it. So, it's better if you buy a classical apple ipod, one of those which is also for music, but it's at the same time a hard drive, or take any other drive that you know from people that are reliable for few years. For example, i never even dropped this disc, I kept it always safe and in a soft case not to be damaged, and it was quite a great shock for me that all of the sudden it just stopped responding and never opened anymore, after only one year of having it!! Cheers and take care! Think before you buy this item, it's not reliable!
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It is not specified in any information included with the drive , nor anything I see on-line at WDC.com. Probably a 5,400 RPM drive but it doesn't really matter. The drive is intended for backing up data not for high performance data access. The slowest link will determine the transfer speed so the USB controller on your computer will be a limiter. It took me over 5 1/2 hours to copy 622 GB to this unit. It held close to a 30 MB/sec rate on a USB 2 port. About the same results for a Firewire 800 connection I have used on other tests on other (faster drives). My suggestion is ... don't worry about the RPMs. If you need backup space this will work well.
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The one I have is for 3.5", Data capacity is 720KB, 1.25MB, 1.44MB (Formatted). Have not found a drive for the 5.25" disk yet myself.
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No, there's no way to do that. Is beacuse the File System FAT 32.. that FS desnt accept more than 4GB per file :/ i know it sucks :c
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You likely already figured it out by now but for others searching for answers it more likely than not as it should average about 119gb of data. I did have a pny turbo that had 126gb of data but when encountered errors with it the represenative told me 128 drives average between 115-119gb of data so is likely that one was corrupted. . .
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I use the 32 and 64 GB USB 3.0 drives and I store files on it much larger than 4 GB.
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If you are using an older machine that does not have USB 3.0 support the slower transfer rate can cause an issues such as this and there is no fix. If you are using a USB 3.0 port make sure your motherboard drivers and bois settings are up to date. After trying all this if the drive continues not to perform to your expectations I would exchange it for a different one.
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I put a 3TB in it and it does not recognize the entire drive. I have 746.52GB unusable space on the Disk.
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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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Not sure why there would be a size limitation. I am using 1.5 to 3Tb SATA drives with no problems
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I can confirm 16 gb works. I have not tried larger, as it becomes a moot point. This unit does not support search/browse by folder from flash drive. So if you plan on using more than a couple of folders (which I would presume you would for a drive that size) move on and get a better unit. I very much regret choosing this one.
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I have 3 TB drives in a raid 5 configuration. No issues yet. We use it primarily for time machine backups.