i have connected it up , but xp 64bit states only 746.39gb
has WD a driver solution for this problem?
a little worried here. : /
incidentally this drive shiped to me in a box with no foam or bubblewrap.
I have bought many WD drives in the past, each has had the foam/sponge inlay box to protect the drive. this box was thinner and had zero shock protection ( it had the silver antistatic plastic, however) bought from DABS uk. this week.
It seems that all i had to do was put the drive in a windows 7 64bit pc and perform a format. i formated 3 partitions. 900 900 1000gb. ( should work on 32bit also)
regarding the new Western digital packaging. if someone spends 130 uk pounds on a device that will hold their lifes work phots projects etc… surly the extra cost of 10 pence in foam or bubbles should be at least an option when buying.
Tweqs. XP can have issues with drives over 2 TB because of the capacity and also XP doesn’t properly align drives that use Advanced Format (4k sectors). Windows 7 should have properly aligned the drive and set it as a GPT partition. Luckly, XP 64-bit has support for GPT disks (not XP 32-bit) so you should be ok.
Regarding the packaging. All drives from WD should be properly packed according to our standards. However, some vendors may buy in bulk from us and package a drive themselves. Unfortunately, we don’t have control on how they package a unit, we can only provide recommendation on how it should be packaged.
i am sure it is not anyones fault personally. its just one of those things that needs sorting out.
problem and sollution :
if you send out drives in bulk with no foam to protect the drives to save on cost, it would be a very good idea to put a warning sticker on each box to remind vendors./stockists that they NEED to wrap the hard drives in at least 4 layers of bubble wrap before posting out to customers.
if DABS uk get it wrong, i am sure many others will too
when a courier throws a drive box like the one i receieved on a van , its just the same as throwing a naked drive against a piece of metal.
