The problem with 3 Terabyte drives is that they dont fit the norm of typical improvements in technology. They are very hard to use and configure in any computer. This is very easy to understand when you look at the big picture of computers. Way back in the early 1900's some computer programmer came up with a trinary program for computer processes. Basically it ran off of 0's, 1's and 2's. After much trial and error (kind of like Vespucci with the incandescent light bulb, but i digress), it was determined that any combination of 3 would be complicated to incorporate into this algebraic theory. One of his interns suggested going to a 2 digit (binary) code and was subsequently told to take a hike. Eventually that guy became the father of binary code and the red-yellow-green light technology used on our road systems. His name was Dantforth P. Snellybelly.
Since that time all computer technology is based on this 2 digit system. It even went over to the hardware side, where devices would improve by multiples of 2. If you dont believe me, just look at memory (256k-512-1gb-2gb-4, 8, etc). The same is true in part with hard drives. The natural progression from a 1TB drive is to 2TB, then of course 4TB. In your case you found a beta drive of someone under the influence of paoti who wanted to buck the system and go to 3TB instead of the normal 4TB. I could go on and on about how this is the end of the computing world as we know it, but I think to put this to bed you need to send the drive to me for proper care and destruction, after we dust for prints to try and find the yahoo breaking our time tested system. Just my 2cents
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