D400 2TB hard "drive" model has 2x1TB "drives"

Lenvo's order page for the 2TB model of the D400 says the "hard drive", singular, is 2TB and the sticker on the box says the "hard drive", singular, is 2TB, but the packing slip? No, it confesses that it is really a pair of 1TB drives. So what does Lenovo support have to say? Well, I should have called to confirm that "hard drive", really meant just one, the order page doesn't really say "hard drive" even though it does; check out on the left side of the "customize and buy" page.
And what about the "up to 8TB"? How am I supposed to make it up to 8TB with two slots filled with 1TB drives? Oh, no problem, says the support person; just remove the 1TB drives and replace them with 2TB models. What??? Why would I order the 2TB model just to yank out 2 of the drives???
And as for calling their support - it was the worst. First, the number on the yellow sheet in the box for tech support, but no, an incorrectly configured system is "post sales" support, not tech support. But the post sales person can't do anything without a case number, please call tech support. Tech support here, what? Let me forward your call to post sales. Post sales here, what? Let me put you to tech support. I talked to tech support 3 times and post sales 3 times. What a runaround! Finally, I got a "specialist" who offered to take the unit back for a 15% restocking fee!!! As if their advertising and order page and the STICKER ON THE BOX didn't say HARD DRIVE 2TB! How dare I actually want that!
Now I either get to pay a restocking fee on a spare 2TB hard drive that is my stupid fault for trusting Lenovo's product order or pay a restocking fee on all of it because Lenovo is hoping to I'd rather put up being scammed by them than pay the restocking. I am going to return the thing anyway and I bet American Express will see things my way as I've taken a screen shot of their web page selling a 2TB "hard drive" and I took a picture of the sticker on the bax that says 2TB "hard drive" as proof against the packing slip that pulls a fast one. Also I'm filing a complaint with the BBB and letting them deal with these jerks at Lenovo too because it's getting really bad for my blood pressure!

If you are replaceing only one drive then you will want to keep it the same as the other or replace both.
IMPORTANT: All disks within a single storage pool must meet the following requirements:
Same manufacturer
Same rotational speed
Same capacity
Mixed disk configurations may result in unpredictable device behavior and will not be supported. If you need technical assistance, please be prepared to backup your data and remove any unsupported drives or configurations.
Here is a list of approved drives in the newer ix2's however if you keep them 2TB or less you should be fine.
HDDs approved for use with ix2 and ix2-dl
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Help!
Opened iTunes to play some music on the computer tonight and its coming up that the songs cannot be located for virtually all of my iTunes library??? I store my iTunes library on a 2TB hard drive and its always worked fine but I ran iBoostup software earlier today and its hasn't worked since then although I have to admit I haven't tried it for a week. It was a free app to clean up files on the apps store.
When I click on the 2TB hard drive under the iTunes link it still comes up 150GB is in the file but it just can't find the songs???
Can anyone help?
Cheers!

The links below illustrate how your iTunes should look if you use default settings in preferences. If you don't use those settings then you have to know what you're doing.
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/13025536 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/17457605
The above links also illustrate the Media folder and its subfolders. Look for a file in there in the logical structure by folder artist and album. If you're lucky, linking one file will get an offer to link others and it iwll all come together again.
I see you are running OSX 10.5.8 it would help to know which version of iTunes you use now and which one you used before.

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Hello,
I have bought a 2TB external hard drive for backing up my files. I noticed when i plugged it in on my iMac that the files can be copied off the device but nothing can be altered and put on. So after a lot of research I heard that I should make a single pass erase on Disk Utility to reformat the hard drive to be used in both systems. So I did.
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A single or multiple pass erase +(writing 0's)+ is not necessary before reformatting a new drive, it is meant to write over and secure data from recovery.
To reformat a drive from NTSF to MS-DOS/FAT-32 all one needs to do is:
1. Select the External HDs first icon in the Disk Utility list of drives
2. Select the Partition tab
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4. Select Options...
5. Select Master Boot Record and click OK (+setting the Partition scheme)+
6. Select MS-DOS (FAT) +(setting the format)+
7. Select the Apply button +(which should quick erase and format the drive in a few minutes)+
Also see > http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html
Personally I have stopped a Secure Erase on many occasions and always opted for the quick erase when formatting a new drive from MS-DOS/FAT-32 to GUID Partition Table/Mac OS Extended and never had a problem...
Also note MS-DOS/FAT-32 has a single file size limitation of 4GB.
See >http://www.macworld.com/article/51972/2006/07/ww_drives.html
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you are going to crack open your brand new iMac (voiding the warrantee)
It's not an easy job to do. You can't just pop the back off to get at the drive. You need to remove the glass screen from the front with a pair of suction cups to get at the chassis. Then when you get the drive installed, you have to worry about getting everything back together just right. If you run into problems, you will need to pay to get it fixed. Also as stated, your warranty will be shot at that point.
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So I dont want to pay someone to do this so I hope someone can help me out here. I have an IMAC with two macbook pro's in my house. I use the airport extreme and just bought a Mybook for the mac WD 2 TB hard drive. I have attach the hard drive to my extreme and it seems that the backup thru time machine work find but I cannot see the back up on the hard drive at all and sometimes I cannot access the drive and also I get an error that tiem machine couldn't back up. The intial backup did work though.
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I have attach the hard drive to my extreme and it seems that the backup thru time machine work find but I cannot see the back up on the hard drive at all and sometimes I cannot access the drive and also I get an error that tiem machine couldn't back up. The intial backup did work though.
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Now I want to be able to take all my movies, music, pictures and files off my imac and macbook pro's and keep on the hard drive.
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