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USB file sharing WDR4300- does not support USB Hard Drive over 3TG?
USB file sharing WDR4300- does not support USB Hard Drive over 3TG?
2012-11-18 20:19:37
Region : Argentina

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version :

ISP :

Region : Hongkong

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version :

ISP :

Region : Hongkong

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version : 3.13.17 Build 120426 Rel.29216n

ISP :



Recently i had bought a 4TG Western Digital external USB Hard drive and try to connect it to WDR-4300 router, so that i can use it as a storage sharing space within the LAN. However, the router cannot detect it at all. If i tried plug in another 1TG hard drive, the router can detect it immediately and there is no issue. I wonder if the router has limitation on the USB support in term of hard drive size?

I look at the user manual together with the tech spec, and there is no such limitation at all.

anyone has similar issue as I do?
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Re:USB file sharing WDR4300- does not support USB Hard Drive over 3TG?
2012-11-18 21:15:10
system files like FAT/FAT32/NTFS are supported by their routers. The hard drive can be maximum 2TB*8.
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Re:USB file sharing WDR4300- does not support USB Hard Drive over 3TG?
2012-11-29 00:38:15
my hard drive has NTFS. Does it mean the maximum size it can support is up to 2TB only?
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2012-12-31 08:22:24
I'm also incredibly disappointed that I can't use a 3TB drive with my new router.

Drives that are 2TB or less use MBR partitions while drives that are over 2TB use GPT partitions. TP-Link routers apparently don't support GPT.

Is there a beta firmware or a 3rd party firmware with GPT support?
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Re:USB file sharing WDR4300- does not support USB Hard Drive over 3TG?
2012-12-31 14:04:35
Can not support GPT and can not find any trace of beta firmware....
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Answer for limitation of HDD size
2015-12-11 04:21:52

tangf wrote

Region : Argentina

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version :

ISP :

Region : Hongkong

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version :

ISP :

Region : Hongkong

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version : 3.13.17 Build 120426 Rel.29216n

ISP :



Recently i had bought a 4TG Western Digital external USB Hard drive and try to connect it to WDR-4300 router, so that i can use it as a storage sharing space within the LAN. However, the router cannot detect it at all. If i tried plug in another 1TG hard drive, the router can detect it immediately and there is no issue. I wonder if the router has limitation on the USB support in term of hard drive size?

I look at the user manual together with the tech spec, and there is no such limitation at all.

anyone has similar issue as I do?


Just make a few partition under 2 Tb and that's it! Work!
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