RE: support for drives larger than 2TiB

From: Yuhong Bao
Date: Mon Aug 23 2010 - 03:40:53 EST



> > In fact, Seagate is already selling 3TB external drives and CrunchGear
> > was already able to get the internal 3TB drive inside out:
> > http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/01/hands-on-the-seagate-freeagent-goflex-desk-3tb-external-hard-drive/
>
>
> The key word there is _external_ --> by using USB3/2/FW interfaces,
> they neatly sidestep most BIOS issues. For the time being anyway.
>
A more detailed review from AnandTech:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3858/the-worlds-first-3tb-hdd-seagate-goflex-desk-3tb-review
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