Seagate Personal Storage 5000DV Installation Guide (Windows) - Page 30

Using Large Capacity Drives with Windows W When using Windows with drives that have capacities higher than 64 GB, there are special considerations. Table 2 gives some information about how the Windows file systems and certain Microsoft utilities behave when used on drives with capacities greater than 64 GB. Table 2: Considerations for drive capacities greater than 64 GB Windows 98SE Windows Me Windows 2000, XP 3 FAT32 and FAT32 operates properly with NTFS partition ≤ 320 GB FAT32 operates properly with partition ≤ 320 GB FAT32 and NTFS operate properly with partitions ≤ 320 GB FDISK and Two known bugs, FORMAT see Notes 1 and 2 One known bug, see Note 1 NTFS operates properly with partitions ≤ 320 GB, FAT32 cannot format partitions > 32 GB Defrag and Limited to partitions ScanDisk < 127 GB, see Note 3 Operates properly with partition Operates properly with partitions ≤ 320 GB up to 320 GB Note 1: On disks larger than 64 GB running Windows 98SE, both FDISK and FORMAT function properly, but will display an incorrect disk size on the screen. A similar problem can occur with Windows Me at larger disk sizes (starting above 80 GB). Further information is available on Microsoft's Web site at http://support.microsoft.com. Search their Support Knowledge Base for articles Q263044 and Q263045. Note 2: FDISK may not run properly after an external drive has been disconnected and reconnected. Rebooting the computer before running FDISK is recommended. Note 3: Neither ScanDisk nor Defrag will operate on drive partitions larger than 127 GB. Further information is available on Microsoft's Web site at http://support.microsoft.com. Search their Support Knowledge Base for article Q184006.Third party utilities can be used to replace the functionality of the ScanDisk and Defrag utilities. Using Security Lock Your new drive includes a security locking slot on the back of the drive. Refer to Figure 1 on page 2 for the exact location of the slot.The security locking slot is compatible with most security locking cables, including those offered by Kensington. 26 Using Your Drive