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External USB Drive on Server 2003
Will an external USB drive work on Server 2003?  What is the maximum size that the operating system will recognize?  I need to archive some photos that are not accessed everyday.  I will also be backing that data up to tape using Arcserve.  Any suggestions on a specific drive to use?
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Avatar of Darius GhassemDarius Ghassem🇺🇸

External HD is supported on Windows 2003 Server but not all of them are supported on server editions make sure you purchase one with compatibly  supported for Servers.

I use Buffalo drives which support all server editions
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Are you refering to a JumpDrive aka Thumb drives, or are you refering to external hard drives...

If you are refering to external hard drives this is solely dependent on the device interface which most stop at 2 TB and only recently expanded to 3 TB.
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I have this same issue -

except I am using a Seagate 1TB drive.

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I used a Western Digital external drive.  Server sees it without issue.

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Windows Server 2003

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).