2TB USB HDD reported by XP as 1TB Drive

shayser

I put a 2TB Seagate Sata Drive into one of these caddys: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0038311C2/ref=oh_o00_s00_i01_details

When plugged into a Windows XP machine it doesn't appear automatically in Explorer. It is in Disk Management, but only with 1TB (931GB) capacity.

Anyone know what's going on here?

Torqay

Is the drive being reported correctly when connected the onboard controller?

Does it show up correctly on another machine?

Have you tried another HDD in this enclosure, if so, does it work?

Kernel

Isn't there a known problem/limitation with XP reporting incorrect size over 1tb? Or was I dreaming?

Ehh.. try this :

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/1tb-hard-drives/0bb443fc-c2e1-4720-a556-23bed0004754

Torqay

Kernel wrote: »

Isn't there a known problem/limitation with XP reporting incorrect size over 1tb? Or was I dreaming?

Ehh.. try this :

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/1tb-hard-drives/0bb443fc-c2e1-4720-a556-23bed0004754

2 TB is the limit windows XP SP3 can handle natively.