USB Support For 2TB+ Hard Drives

Can anyone tell me if the T-61 supports (access the drives full capacity) multi-terabyte hard drives?
Under XP?
Win7?
I.e. 3 TB Sata drives in a USB 2.0 external enclosure..
Thaniks in advance,
C.

There are no (realistic) limitations as of now for how big an USB-drive can be, that I know of. I admit, I haven't tested anything larger than 2TB, but that works fine, single partition, no problems whatsoever.
The only "problem" being, of course, that the T61 only supports USB 2.0, which isn't really the quickest - unless you have a FW-port, of course.
EDIT: This is valid for Vista (and I assume Windows 7) - dunno about XP, but I have a feeling it might be a bit more picky...
IT-technician, running my own company in Bergen, Norway
Thinkpad T61, 8895CTO C2D 2Ghz/4GB/120GB SSD/1400x1050

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