Does this drive/software support GPT Partitioning? (Thanks Windows 8)
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I doubt you can find a drive that doesn't support GPT. Windows 8 is not the cause of GPT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
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They are not separate partitions. My best advice is to keep a backup on a separate drive, such as an external hard drive.
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I may be mistaken, but windows will either not allow or not recognize partitions on a thumb drive. There may be 3rd party software to trick it, or circumvent this.If I am mistaken please do let me know.
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That should not be a problem where the hardware is concerned. However, keep in mind your partitioning scheme. You will want to do a GPT partition table (as opposed to MSDOS partition table) with any partitions over 2TB. How you go about that will depend on the OS that you are using.
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It can but you need to use either the utility that comes with it or you need to manually partition and format it using disk management in windows.
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GPT is a partition table format to handle drives larger than 2tb vs MBR. Currently using with a 4tb Western Digital Caviar Green formatted in NTFS file structure.
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Hello Terrence, I have not done any partitioning, but from what I've read, all hard drives whether internal or external can be partitioned. I am not a techie so I get most of my information online (the rest from computer technicians). Here is one site I've checked out...http://techchannel.radioshack.com/partition-external-hard-drive-1628.html. Hopes this helps. Cheers!
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Yes, you could format it as a NTFS or FAT32. Mac (as well as Windows obviously) supports both.
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That will depend on your OS and drive manufacturer. I'm using Win 7 and a Seagate drive so I had to partition my 3TB into 2 logical drives. Don't quite understand why but that's what Seagate said I had to do.
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Partition Wizard is free, and worked fine for me. Once installed it's simply a matter of stretching one partition into the other. Very simple to use.
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Yes, you need to format the drive. Search for: Ggparted partition editor it's free
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I am not an expert on the matter ... Don't know for sure but, I will doubt you can maintain the data as the Drobo needs to rewrite the disc to assure their structure... Not sure if will allow partitions either. Perhaps contacting Drobo directly you might find the right answer
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It'd probably be best to consult the WD web site. I didn't partition mine, but I did make it bootable.
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I have not used this drive personally. But, there is a program called Paragon Software, which has written drivers for OSX to mount NTFS drives, and also drivers for Windows to mount HSF+ drives, so for $19 you'd be golden! They even have a free version for personal use on Windows 8 (and I'm using it on W10 with no problems)
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Not sure, I use Backup Exec 2012 and it has drives for it, I don't use the Windows drivers for it.
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I'm sorry, but I can't answer the question because the software was never able to show the "destination" drive. I contacted support and they weren't able to get it to work, either.
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I think you mean "partitioned". The answer is both yes and no. The drive needs to be prepared for use. Most operating systems will recognize a new drive and with a few simple questions will take care of it for you.