>Thanks -- is the 2 x 2TB a 4TB partition? Under Win95 I used to make an 8 GB system disk into 6 partitions on a TP701C. It's a sign of how disk management has changed that the idea of spanning two 2,000 GB drives with one partition appeared "interesting". No, the two 2TB drives are separate partitions.
>btw, what do you recall as "pre flood" prices for a 2TB drive vs. what >they seem to be now? Occasionally I could get a slow "green" 2TB for about $cdn70. >On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Berry <[email protected]> wrote: >> On my ancient X32, which runs XP, I've had a 2TB external drive >> on one USB port, 2 x 2TB drives in a Blacx enclosure on another >> USB port, plus whatever on the firewire port. So 6 TB over two >> USB ports and three drives. No problema, except possibly the >> sectoring of the drives under XP. Manufacturers have utilities for >> that, though it is probably easier to borrow a Win7 machine and >> let it format your external 2 TB drives. >> >> I've heard there can be complications with drive sizes > 2 TB, >> which made me decide to wait (aside from the fact that it isn't >> business, it's more of just seeing how far it can all go.) >> Drive prices remain high (about 2x what they were when I last >> bought a drive); I don't know when we'll work through the >> market consequences of last year's tragic flooding in Thailand. >> >>>750GB works, and I doubt there's any more size limit for usb than for an >>>internal drive. >>> >>>On another note, if you're moving much data, you may want to get an eSATA >>>capable drive enclosure for speed sake. >>>On Feb 12, 2012 1:58 PM, "Scott Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, I'm on the verge of needing more storage, just wanted to >>>> quickly check: is 2TB the maximum drive size for XP (32 bit)? >>>> >>>> fwiw, it'll be connected via USB -- and if it matters at all, there >>>> would be two of them. >>>> >>>> Thanks kindly, -Scott >> >> >> -- >> happy >> Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm >> -- happy Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
