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I've seen some info about GPT, not MBR formatting with these drives, that you need Windows 7 to get 3TB out of them. Does this apply to my new Western Digital 3TB Elements external HD [Part number: WDBAAU0030HBK-01]? Or does the enclosure it comes in take care of things, allowing Windows XP to access the drive OK?
Related question: I just ordered a Rosewill RX-358 V2 BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.80mm fan. I did this because I had intermittent trouble yesterday getting one of my Western Digital 2TB Elements external HD's to work. Reviews I've seen suggest that the WD Elements enclosures, with their poor heat dissipation properties, can cause early drive failure (and one post, at Newegg, said that it's the enclosures' circuit board that most often is the component failing). I figure I need an alternative enclosure (at least one) to test with when I have difficulties. Can I use that Rosewill enclosure with the 3TB HD on a Windows XP machine?
Related question: I just ordered a Rosewill RX-358 V2 BLK (Black) 3.5" SATA to USB & eSATA Ext. Enclosure w/Int.80mm fan. I did this because I had intermittent trouble yesterday getting one of my Western Digital 2TB Elements external HD's to work. Reviews I've seen suggest that the WD Elements enclosures, with their poor heat dissipation properties, can cause early drive failure (and one post, at Newegg, said that it's the enclosures' circuit board that most often is the component failing). I figure I need an alternative enclosure (at least one) to test with when I have difficulties. Can I use that Rosewill enclosure with the 3TB HD on a Windows XP machine?
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