The version only with USB3 appears to work with 4TB drive. Does this also work with 4TB through USB?
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I am so sorry that I am unable to answer your question, however, perhaps the information I provide will prove helpful. I have used this product with a 3 TB Seagate drive, model ST3000DM001 using the eSATA port, with no difficulty. I have not used the USB 3 port. However, I do not know of any reason that a computer with USB 3 ports will not recognize the full capacity of a 4 TB drive through the USB 3 port. Also, I like this product and will buy it again when I have need.
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My drive is a 1 TB drive, I purchased this housing because it is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Sorry I don't know about a 4TB drive.
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I have a 3tb drive in mine and it works fine I don't see any reason why it won't work with a 4 Tb drive
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The product description says "Designed for all 3.5? SATA I, SATA II and SATA III hard disk drives" which I read as any capacity SATA drive should be supported, aside from a newer version of SATA interface that may not be backward compatible. However it would have been useful if the manufacturer provided that detail without guesswork.
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the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of... » Read More the drive limit is 2TB per drive. which considering theyre still making this item you would think they would put out a firmware update if nothing else. im hoping that if they make a new generation f this product that they not only put all the usb ports on one side, but also make them... oh gee i dunno.... a usb port speed that was invented in the current decade, and support for drives larger than 2TB would be a nice addition as well.their support team told me to get my 4 3TB drives to work on it that i shoudl format them and make just a 2TB partition and just ignore the rest of my space, oh, and of course ignore the fact that i just deleted 12TB of data « Show Less
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Last i read it will suppourt 3 tb drives. Dont know if it will take 4 tb drives.
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I had compatibility issues when I went to the 4TB, some of the 4TB's want work well with the older 3TB, make sure you check the firmware on your 3TB and 4TB if you need them to run JBOD and RAID should never be mixed. I had 3TB in this device and tried a newer 3TB with a different firmware / version. Didn't work. Never would see the full size of the disk.
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No it won't support 4TB drives. According to the specs it will support 3TB.
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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=1802efeb494c71a15013ae8c81a53b31The product forum does talk about users installing 4TB drives in their 5 bay version of this enclosure.
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When this product was released 2TB was the largest drive available. Customers have confirmed 3TB are compatible but we did not test anything above 2TB.
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sorry, I haven`t tested that. I will have a USB3 portable hd soon. I'll check it out.
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The Hard drive has dual functionality. It works for both usb 2.0 and 3.0. It just works more efficiently with 3.0.
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Unfortunately, I'm not using USB 3.0 on the computer using the drive. I would imagine it does via USB 3.0, but it gave a "not supported" message using Disk Utility on my current system.
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Do not know if 4tb drive works. Took a 3tb Western Digital USB drive and removed the drive from the case and put it into this system. Worked great and was cheapest way to get a large drive.
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I have an old 120 GB laptop drive hooked up w USB, works fine. I see in the reviews, people have hooked up 3 and 4 terabyte drives.
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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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I have Seagate 3TB external HD USB 3 and it works with this ok it just takes awhile on reboot or start up for Windows 7 to pick it up.
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Dear Sir,This is Millie from ORICO.I am so sorry for the trouble that we had made.this enclosure support 6TB drive.Please contact ORICO Customer Care Center for Firmware update.Kind regards,Millie
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I have 2 (two) 8TB Seagate 3.5" hard drive in it and both works flawlessly, writing at the same time using a single eSATA interface. So with 4TB only 50% of my capacity per drive, it will support. In fact, I don't think it's the box's job to claim what it supports, it's just a marketing ploy and as you can see it's outdated. 6TB and 8TB drives are out now and they work.
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My external Seagate Backup PLus 4TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STCA4000100) works perfectly with KDLINKS, my hard drives are automatically formatted to NTFS.