Be advised that everything written through that secondary PCB card is encrypted and IF that card goes bad the data will not be retrievable although the drive may still work without it-needing to be completely reformatted and THEN won’t be compatible with XP if over 2TB. To maintain this comparability with XP, OSX, ext3… WD Externals have a secondary PCB controller card on those HDD’s. Usually i’ll create 3 equal size partitions-and do all of that on Windows 7. I have used it but still prefer to let WD format the drive as MBR if it’s to be used on XP, I have 7 Pro 64, 10 Pro, Ubuntu, Debian and still somehow XP remains my main workhorse. Paragon makes an app that allows XP to process GPT & MBR HDD’s. I have found WD’s quick format works pretty well. WD 2TB My Passport for Mac, Portable External Hard Drive with backup software and password protection, Blue - WDBA2D0020BBL-WESN Seagate Portable 5TB External Hard Drive HDD USB 3. You have to initialize/format them with the right tools. I’ve got 10 of them, the most recent 4TBs bought from Amazon today and working fine on XP. ProCase Portable Hard Drive Case for Canvio Basics Western Digital WD Elements My Passport Seagate Portable Backup Plus Slim 1TB 2TB 3TB 4TB USB 3.0, 2.5 Portable External Hard Drive Case -Black 9.99 9. It’s been possible to format WD Externals 3,4,5+Tbyes for some years now.
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