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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Non XP Compatible My Passport HDD with XP? | |
15Bit wrote:
I actually still quite like XP. It's light and runs fast, and much of the "functionality" it lacks are bells and whistles rather than genuinely useful functionality. We still have a few instruments at work that run off XP host PC's, and reliability is excellent. We have to firewall them off and restrict USB sticks though, due to the lack security updates.
Returning to the original questions -
- No, reformatting as MBR shouldn't affect reliability, and the only "problems" you will have are the limits to partition size (2TB, so not an issue on a 1TB drive) and to the number of primary partitions you can have (3).
- Yes, you did probably need to convert and reformat cos 32bit XP simply won't read GPT filetables. There might be a 3rd party util that does it, but it would never be as good as converting to something that XP natively supports.
- It is probably not a great idea to leave these drives running at high load for a long time, as cooling is not going to be optimal. Still, you need to run them to use them.
I would also recommend moving on to a newer OS. Indeed, i would suggest a newer PC to go with it ...Show more →
Yeah, I use a windows 7 machine, too. Just seems slower. Seems very deliberate and careful, annoying. Still like the xp machine.
I had read something about 2TB, I'll keep that in mind. Probably a good thing I never bought a 4 TB drive!
I set a usb type cable under the drive, on either side, keeping it flat, to give it some way to move air and heat. Seemed cooler after 3 hours of formatting than the first 20 minutes, before I did this.
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