“Can I use this hard drive for Windows XP and does it have to be formatted first before using it?”

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• This drive comes initialized as an NTFS drive which post dates XP and is not recognized by XP. You would have to reinitialize it as an MBR drive and then reformat it but the problem is that XP can only address a maximum disk size of about 2TB. There used to be ways of tricking XP into being able to use all the space on 3TB and 4TB drives by creating additional partitions but I don't know if that works anymore. Basically, I would not recommend buying this drive for use on Windows XP.

  Answered by flashdrive 5 years ago

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• Hi, Please be informed that the WD Easystore drive is a plug and play device tested and designed for Windows and Mac computers for seamless operation. However, Western Digital drives are not tested with the vendor end of life operating systems and are optimized for more recent versions of OS.​​​​​​​Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.​​​​​​​

  Answered by Western Digital Team 5 years ago

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