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    M1530 External 3TB Hard Drive Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by renacho, Oct 13, 2011.

  1. renacho

    renacho Newbie

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    Dell XPS M1530 (Windows 7 32-bit)

    I recently bought a Hitachi Deskstar 3TB Hard Drive. I put it inside an external enclosure. For some reason when i try to format it, it only recognizes 746GB. I've tried to search for the solution for several hours and nothing I've had no luck trying to find the solution. Can someone help me please? I'm running Windows 7 32-bit. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
     
    renacho, Oct 13, 2011
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  2. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

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    Perhaps This will shed some light on your problem. It's about the LBA, and win7 x86's inability to use drives greater than 2.2TB.

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Oct 13, 2011
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