Recent content by BigAlC

Sorry to say that I've heard from numerous people with 3+ TB's and they have grave reservations about Acronis/Seagate/WD's Extended Capacity Manager to get full MBR 3TB HDD's and they say that the "4096", "NTFS" and "Format" won't work. Well, I HATE to admit defeat, but since I CANNOT find...

It's not the 512e per-se... from my OP: I found out from Symantec that Ghost has issues with GPT. From what I've read at Symantec, Ghost has issues with GPT on ANY size drive. If a HDD is set GPT, Ghost has a hissy-fit!

Guys, my present 2TB Toshiba (PH3200U-1I72) is Advanced Format and I used the inclued factory software to "Align" it. These are screens of my existing 2TB: So the "4096", "NTFS" and "Format" that will (hopefully) be done to the 3TB has been serving my original Hitachi 1TB and Toshiba...

Guys, I just found this and would like some input before opening the Toshiba 3TB's box: Make SURE the 3TB is EMPTY as this will wipe ALL data on the drive To make a fully accessible 3TB with 4k sector: 1. Boot to desktop. 2. Open "My Computer" in Windows Explorer. 3. Click on the EMPTY...

It's NOT the Advanced Format per-se, it's the Advanced Format OVER 2TB's. Re-read my post I updated it heavely. If you do get a 3TB Advanced Format please let me know what happens. Thanks.

Guys, Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit with an ASRock P67 PRO3 (B3) MoBo that has a UEFI BIOS, i5-2500K and Corsair Vengeance 16 Gigs. My C, D and E partitions are on a 120 GB NTFS SSD with a MBR. My present STORAGE HDD is a 2TB Toshiba with a MBR. I recently purchased a Toshiba PH3300U-1I72 3TB...