LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400 user manual Managing Volumes over 2TB in Windows, 2.A

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■4.2.2. Managing Volumes over 2TB in Windows

Important Info: The Lacie Biggest Quadra supports over 2TB capacity on all operating systems except Windows 2000 and Windows XP which are limited to 2TB. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the maximum capacity which will mount, regardless of the RAID mode selected, is 2TB.

If you have created an array of more than 2TB on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please use the follow- ing steps to make the array visible in Windows Disk Manager:

1.With the scroll button, select Enable over 2TB on the LCD panel. Press ENT to continue.

2.Select NO to disable the function. The array will be visible in Disk Manager, but is limited to 2TB on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Technical note: If you switch from Win- dows 2000 or Windows XP to another operating system (Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Mac OS X), activate the “Enable over 2TB” func- tion by selecting YES in step 2, above to allow ac- cess to arrays over 2TB.

In Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista, a RAID array with more than 2TB accessible space will mount as two volumes. To make the volumes appear as one volume:

1.Right-click the My Computer icon on your desk- top and select Manage from the right-click options menu.

2.Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager.

3.Right-click the concerned disks and select Convert to GPT Disk (Fig. 4.2.2.A).The two volumes appear as one (Fig. 4.2.2.B).

Two volumes

Fig. 4.2.2.A

One volume

Fig. 4.2.2.B