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Even though most computers are not designed to fully utilize a 3TB drive, Seagate could not resist the temptation of launching “the world's first 3 Terabyte (TB) external desktop drive.” According to Seagate, the 3.5-inch FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive can hold up to 120 HD movies or 1500 video games.
As with other drives in the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk range, it is possible to upgrade the drive's standard USB 2.0 interface to a faster interface using either a USB 3.0 or FireWire 800/USB 2.0 adapter. With the LBA (logical block addressing) standard limiting 32-bit OSes to 2.1TB, a 64-bit operating system is required to fully utilize the drive's 3TB capacity. The drive can be bought directly from Seagate's online store for $250.
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n0b0dykn0ws
June 29, 2010 at 10:37am
Does anyone know if this is one 3 TB drives or two 1.5 TB drives in RAID 0.
I imagine it's the latter given the price of $250.
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n0b0dykn0ws
June 29, 2010 at 2:13pm
Sweet monkey juice!
Is it just a single 3 TB SATA drive?
Would love to get a couple to replace the 1.5 TB drives in my FS then.
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herrleelee
June 29, 2010 at 10:36am
I hope the fixed the clicking noise. I brought a 1.5 version of the drive on saturday and right out of the box it made a clicking sound.
Matt_Rapp
June 29, 2010 at 9:23am
What happens if you format it to 3TB with your 64 bit desktop but then need to get at your files on a 32 bit laptop?
n0b0dykn0ws
June 29, 2010 at 10:36am
Not sure, but I'd imagine the OS couldn't touch it without repartitioning and reformatting.
You could always partition 1x2 TB section and 1x1 TB section, or 2x1.5 TB sections to be on the safe side.
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drake555
June 29, 2010 at 4:08pm
so we're back to that old trick again, feels like we see it every 5 years. you'd think Gates would of learned by now. but hey, at least he didn't say the famous quot this time. lol
