Weird. I think next time I'm going to get one of those dongles myself. It seems like they do make things easier for us.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike O'Brien Sent: October 16, 2017 1:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about large external hard drives Hi A couple of years ago, I got a CGate 3 TB drive for my Windows 7 machine. It came with software from CGate to allow it to use all 3 TB in a single partition. It worked fine until It recently failed But I had one problem when I had that drive. Every week or two, my JAWS locking code would change, requiring me to reauthorize JAWS, even though I made no hardware changes. I never had that problem before or after I had that drive. I circumvented the problem by purchasing a JAWS dongle to authorize JAWS. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 08:26 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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" <ow...@jaws-users.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> 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/
