Wow...that seems odd. I don't mean to be contradictory, but this sort of thing seems hard to argue with: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2010/02/18/understanding-the-2-tb-limit-in-windows-storage/
Are you sure you are able to access all of those drives? I have two 2 TB external drives myself. I know Windows 10 for instance can handle larger drives if you format them in the new post-ntfs filesystem. I had these same 2TB drives on my XP machine, which I owned until this spring, but never thought to try bigger because of the reasons above. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave...Oregonian Sent: October 16, 2017 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about large external hard drives Yes, now I will insert a caveat that these are running on an XP operating system at 32 bits. I hear that access times are affected by this combination, but I do have full access to the 4 Tb. And these are internal drives connected using SATA. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 05:26 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about large external hard drives Interesting, my research indicates that anything over 2 terabytes is not addressed using NTFS, guess you can't believe everything you read on the internet. Thank you, so I gather you are addressing every bit of your 4 terabytes. -----Original Message----- From: Dave...Oregonian Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 8:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about large external hard drives David, I have a couple internal 4Tb drives in my desktop tower, but have no idea what GPT is. I formatted mine (or ensured that they are formatted) as NTFS. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 03:34 Subject: [JAWS-Users] question about large external hard drives I have been considering getting a 4 terabyte drive or even possibly larger and I am already aware that if is an internal drive that goes in a case it has to be formatted as GPT. Conversely I figure if it is already in its’ own case that it is most likely already formatted. I was just curious if there was anything else to make note or be aware of is all. David Ferrin You don't have to be crazy to run a list like this, but it does help. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
