New exernal HD more than 2TB using Windows XP

WD External and Portable SSD External SSD for Windows
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I’d like to know what would be my best choice for a new 3TB or 4TB usb external HD but still usable on Windows XP and of course Win7. I read somewhere that a GPT driver is able to do the job on some.Thanks all.

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Hello,

I’ll say that you can get a WD My Book, they come formatted on NTFS and you should be able to use the unit on both systems.

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WD use Advanced Formatting on their external HDDs to bypass the 2TB limit for MBR

So, MBR will give best backwards compatibility with Windows XP
(Only Windows XP 64-Bit Edition has support for GPT)

I have 2x3TB Elements and a 4TB Elements that work fine on Windows XP 32-Bit & Windows 7

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My Books will work too … but if all you need is “Basic Storage” eg. no Encryption / Smartware Backup etc … then the WD Elements range is the cheapest option.

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So when you posted this, were you talking about drives manufactured before 2014? From what year is your 4TB Elements that works with XP? so I can buy that one

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yeah, it was around 2014 … info on the other post