I'd like clarification of the statement, "WinXP Not supported 3TB/4TB". Why? Will a SATA 2 TB drive work with Win XP in this enclosure?
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Windows XP does not support GPT and therefore cannot utilize drives larger than 2TB. More information can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2581408 Keep in mind the Windows XP is now end-of-support. For you own safety, it is advisable that you upgrade immediately. If you don't want to buy a new Windows License, there are several Linux distributions that are both free and will run well (and fast) on older older hardware originally designed to run Windows XP.
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Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.
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I can't see any reason why it won't work. [I have XP] The only problem I can see is the disc format...is it NTFS or FAT32 [32bit]? It the disc is a FAT32 [32bit] format you'll going to have to reformat it. The whole reformatting process takes a couple of minutes. Use Google to get the info on how to do it using your Vista OS. Go to Google enter ""Convert FAT32 to NTFS In Windows Vista"" and follow the steps.
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I currently have a 3TB Western Digital SATA drive installed. So yes it will support over 2TB. I cannot confirm about 4TB support however.
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This particular drive is an EARS drive meaning that it is an advanced format drive which won't run by default in XP. Western Digital has set up a page to help users get it working in XP however I'm not an XP user so I'm not sure how straight-forward the steps are. You might be more interested in a EADS drive which should work fine out of the box for you. Unfortunately the 1.5 TB EADS drive costs 99 while this 2.0 TB EARS drive costs 89.
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I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the rack. Power consumption will also hike; check your power supply capacity. I hope this is helpful. I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the... » Read More I have installed two of these units in a single case. All recent OS - XP SP1 and above in Windows' case - will work because they support SATA configurations. It's more an issue of your BIOS being able to support hot swapping - if that is your reason for using the device. Should this not be the case, which I doubt, you will need to power down the system before exchanging disks. Please take into account that each drive requires a separate SATA cable, so the number of available SATA ports is the real concern here. SATA 2 or 3 is dependent on your drives and motherboard; nothing to do with the rack. Power consumption will also hike; check your power supply capacity. I hope this is helpful. « Show Less
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I personally have a 2TB installed, so i cannot speak for that. But i don't think it's an issue, since it's just a normal SATA to USB adapter, i don't think that there's going to be an issue with using a 3TB Drive or larger.
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Dear Sir,This is Millie from ORICO.I am so sorry for the trouble that we had made.this enclosure support 6TB drive.Please contact ORICO Customer Care Center for Firmware update.Kind regards,Millie
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I just put a 3TB Seagate drive in one of these and it worked. One of my laptops had a weird issue, but other machines did not. TDMSERVICE.EXE consumed massive amounts of RAM (3+GB) a few times before it acted normal. A different laptop of the same make/model did not have the same problem. That first laptop has issues adding hardware anyways, so I don't think it's a combination of the enclosure and drive.
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I havent delt with a 3tb drive as yet, but I would imagine it depends on the motherboard, its bios settings and the operating system. To be honest I wouldnt trust the Sabrent, I had a fairly new hard drive in it and eventually it started making odd noises. I checked the drive with a different connection and it was fine, something had went south on the Sabrent pc board. Ive been using a Rosewill encloser and its been running fine for a couple years.
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No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
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Yes it does work with 3Tb drives, but as Mr. Hastings hint at the duel drive does not work very well. I have 4 single drives and they work great but the one duel drive I have only works with one drive, if I put the second drive in windows 7 starts dropping both drives. Stick with the single and you will be better off.
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Go here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4139#dlWindows XP 32-bit and 64-bit are both supported. You'll be limited in HDD size and other factors, plus you WILL need a USB floppy drive if you want to install on the integrated FakeRAID/HybridRAID. Also, the MSATA SSD will not be supported only as a drive, not as an Intel Smart Response Technology cache under XP.
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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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It will only accept a 2TB I have tried the 3TB and it format it but won't read it after that.
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! Our U3 dock should support a 4TB SATA drive. If you have an older dock you might need a firmware update: http://plugable.com/2013/03/05/usb3-sata-u3-firmware-update