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2TB external drive, disk initialization: MBR or GPT
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Mar 15, 202613961 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I just bought a new 2TB disk drive I plan to use as an external drive (connected via eSATA). When I started my computer it recognized the drive fine, but when I got into the Disk Management, a popup told me that I have to initialize that drive and I have to choose between MBR and GPT layout. The dr…
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Fix for: 2TB external drive, disk initialization: MBR or GPT
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GPT will not be usable by XP and earlier systems (I think), so avoid it if that is an issue. Not having seen an XP machine in 3 years it's not an issue for me so I use it in preference to MBR, but it makes little difference at this point in time. At…
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