Will the 4TB drive work with Windows 7? I read somewhere that Windows 7 can't handle this much space
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Format using GPT in computer management in control panel. Right button click drive choose GPT.
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Currently running four 4T WD drives , Win 7, 64 bit machinr. No idea if they support boot, using all for storage with four other 2T and 4 other 1T drives. Most are Seagate.
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It is my understanding that Win7 can boot from a 4T drive IF your system can use UEFI and you are using the 64-bit version. If you are not booting from the drive, it should work without UEFI. Check with your motherboard manufacturer to make sure.
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Just a note..from personal experience. Using a smaller,high performance drive for your System or Boot drive gives you 2 advantages. High performance, lower capacity drives are generally less expensive. 2. In the event of drive failure you don't lose everything. In the event you have to reload your OS it will be on a dedicated,high performance drive and much easier to format and reinstall. SSD is an excellent option here... extremely fast boot time, excellent performance.
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Windows 7 can absolutely handle a drive this size. This drive works great with windows 7.
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Yes it can-- easily, so long as it is properly partitioned and formatted. Oh, and never use quick format. However, with this said, you need to consider what this drive will be storing-- large (video) or small files (typical documents/spreadhseets/etc.) before you do. If you are uncertain how to do so, hit your favorite search engine as there are many pages dedicated to this.
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You should have no problem with this HD. You may wish to partition it though.
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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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The only operating system I have used it with is Windows 8.1, I recommend 8.1 over 8. I had trouble with plain 8. Drive just does what it supposed to with 8.1 operating system. Installs with no effort.
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Sorry, I run Windows, don't do "I" products, the actual available storage is slightly less than 500GB's, so if you need 500 I'd go bigger, there is a 750 & a 1TB on Amazon
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I have a 3tb drive in mine and it works fine I don't see any reason why it won't work with a 4 Tb drive
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I don't know absolutely about the max storage...I only have 180GB but I would think 1TB would be ok. However, it is definitely Win7. it becomes a USB drive, so most OS should be fine.
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It should function just as the internal one with the same software, either native Win7 or whatever software you use to read/write. Just select the new drive from Explorer.
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I am also unsure about the bay for a second hard drive, but mine came with 1Tb, which to me is plenty. You will be able to install windows 7 or any OS for that matter. Worst case would be that you may have to download a driver or two, but I highly doubt that.
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I installed an internal 3tb drive with no problems, all 3 tb useable. Firmware Version 1.0.1.52 will support 4tb external, but I'm not sure about internal. I would think it would.
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According to the instructions it will only support up to 3TB, but there have been reports of people using 4TB drives... So, you could try it, but to be on the safe side ask the manufacture.
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Yes it I'd expandableWhile the 4 GB is not much it runs Windows 7 just fine. Excellent performance as shipped.
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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.
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All of the disk drives are combined into one logical drive. This means that you would loose the data on your existing drives.As a side note, this unit is very fast. I have had mine about a year with no problems (Windows 7 x64).
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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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I don't see why it wouldn't be. BUT I would suggest a 2tb WD Black instead. Windows defaults to an MBR storage format which I KY supports up to 2.2tb. You can't even partition the other 800gb into another drive. You can change the format to GPT which would allow you to use all 3tb, but it's a pain in the butt and if this will be your only storage drive I would steer clear of doing that. Quick summary: A WD Black should work no problem, but I'd personally go with a 2tb version. Hope this helps!
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I purchased at 1 terra byte drive and it worked fine on our Win 7 laptop so I see no reason why the 500 gb drive wouldn't work just fine too.
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Just as KrellSteel said, works fine once you use Disk Manager on it. I have a 4TB drive, a WD40EURX, and gave it a GUID partition with NTFS, and drive letter for convenience, and it's copying files like a champ as I type. Copying 200GB of data (5% of it's capacity) takes about 40 minutes.