WD 8TB Red Plus only shows 1.3 TB on USB on 453E

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Matt3k
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WD 8TB Red Plus only shows 1.3 TB on USB on 453E

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I plugged in a brand new 8TB drive to the front of the TS-453E via USB 2.0 and it only shows 1.3 TB? I tried hooking it up via USB to my PC and it only saw the same, converted the drive to GPT to be sure with same results.


Am I missing something or is the drive bad?
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Re: WD 8TB Red Plus only shows 1.3 TB on USB on 453E

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if a windows computer has the same issue, it sounds like a USB dock issue..not a QNAP one
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Re: WD 8TB Red Plus only shows 1.3 TB on USB on 453E

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Have you checked it using GParted under Linux Live CD, or Disk Management de Ñ Eindows to confirm it is not related to this attrition?

Although it is very likely that your case/dock is old (backed up by the fact you mentioned it is USB 2.0) and it does not support such a big drive.
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Re: WD 8TB Red Plus only shows 1.3 TB on USB on 453E

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Thanks for the help.

I just ordered a USB 3.0 drive enclosure.
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