Reply With QuotePerhaps the problem is that hard drive that makes use of the new format of sectors of 4096 bytes instead of 512 as formerly, what brand is it, i say usually because the manufacturer usually has tools to reduce this problem.
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Windows XP and 3TB WD Caviar Hello Members, I have a little problem of compatibility with 3TB hard drive inside are 4 plates of 750GB and Windows XP, the issue is is that limitation of the operating system only recognizes 750GB, Is there any application that can install in Windows XP compatibility and to force me to recognize your all or almost? I have seen the Paragon GPT Loader, but payment is there a similar utility free?
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Perhaps the problem is that hard drive that makes use of the new format of sectors of 4096 bytes instead of 512 as formerly, what brand is it, i say usually because the manufacturer usually has tools to reduce this problem.
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WD has an application called WD Align for these cases, but it was for 2TB disks that were used as main OS disk to disk data was not necessary. Also see the FAQ on the website of WD drives larger than 2TB can not be formatted in XP (32 bit), but cites the problem being formatted, not being recognized: you could format it in another OS and then access it to see if you can.
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You are mixing the WD Advanced Format 4K sectors compared to typically 512 bytes, which has the solution for WinXP WD Align with the limitation of the current BIOS are only able to work with tables DOS partition , limiting the ability of media to use to 2.2 TB, and limitation of some operating systems (Windows XP is one of them) to work with volumes larger than 2 TB.They are different concepts.
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