I want to run this with a 4TB hard drive. I read that the older model has issues with larger than 1TB hard drives. Will it work with 2TB or Larger?
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It did not work with my 4TB external hard drive. Wondering if it worked for you ?
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If it specifies the capacity (eg, 2TB, 4TB) then yes. It can definitely handle up to two 2TB drives, unsure about the newer larger drives. Otherwise is should say "diskless".
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According to the manual; it can accommodate 2TB. I would think, as long as the interface format was correct(SATA), the capacity capability would depend on how much room the drive required(is there physical room in the HD230 for a 3-4TB hard drive). Look into Solid State Drives. If you can find one with that capacity; it will be physically smaller than an optical drive.
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I haven't yet tried a 4TB drive, but I have used a 3TB drive with NTFS formatting with no problems.
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Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.
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I had 2TB intalled on this enclosure. I think it will work with a bigger hard drive like 6TB.
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While I have not tried a 3TB hard drive in this device I have used it with a 2TB drive and see no reason why a 3TB wouldn't work!
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I went through a couple of these that never worked out of the box, so if you are going to try it, stick to the specs. I returned 2 of them and switched to the Buffalo LinkStation LS-WVL/E and it has been working great with two 3TB drives.
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No it won't support 4TB drives. According to the specs it will support 3TB.
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According to the description of the product, HDD capacity supports up to 3TB in GPT format. My hard drives do not exceed 3TB, so I don't really know whether it would work with a 4TB hard drive.
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The manufacturer claims 2TB drives work. Unofficial reports claim 3TB drives work if they don't draw too much power. The other thing is that some of the 6TB drives have unusual screw hole placements. You can make that work with a little DIY, but for the average computer user, power tools and computers do not go together well. I'd look for a more modern enclosure, personally. This one's a little long in the tooth and I did go through two of them in about four years.
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I have installed a 3TB drive and it has been working without any issues. I believe that the drive size would be more of a function of the operating system and Device Monitor settings. If you have a drive I would try it but if you want to be safe, I would use a 3TB. This is a link to the Mediasonic product forum http://forum.mediasonic.ca/search.php?sid=1802efeb494c71a15013ae8c81a53b31 The product forum does talk about users installing 4TB drives in their 5 bay version of this enclosure.
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Works fine w/1 TB every time, but will not do anything with a 4 tb. Tried different hd, different systems, different usb. No response with the larger drive.
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Good to know for others, but luckily my HDD happens to be 2TB, so it worked just fine for me.
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I have not tried it with a 4TB, only a 3TB, but it works fine with that. Orico's site says it is compatible with all SATA III Hard drives, so I suspect that it would work fine with a 4TB. I believe that Amazon would let you return it if it is not compatible. The OS may limit your partition(s) size, but that would be true even if installed internally in your system.
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As to specifically handling a 3TB drive, I can not state, although the unit will handle a combined total of 16TB, I have a 2.5 TB drive in my unit and it works very well
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This WILL work with drives larger than 3TB. I have one of the new 8TB SeaGate drives in one and it works perfectly.