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I searched the subject in this and SevenForums. Things start on Windows 7 and move on to Windows 8.
I have a Windows 7 64bit system with internal and external hard drives. I bought 2 X 3Tb external hard drives and they worked fine so I bought 2 X 3Tb internals and formatted them as GPT etc and they worked fine. I then bought a 4Tb external and that too worked perfectly.
So I bought a 4Tb internal fully expecting it to work but, try as I did, I could NOT get the 4Tb drive to be recognised as such. I tried GPT and everything suggested by everybody.
The system would see the drive as 3,815Gb but create a partition 1,718Gb in size. Everybody talked about the 2.2Tb limit and GPT and UEFI bios. But I had a 4Tb external working perfectly. I contacted Gigabyte, they said I should be able to create a data disc of 4Tb but I couldn't. Nobody could explain why.
My W7 desktop was getting old and my 2Tb drives were slowly failing so I had to buy a new system that would accept 4Tb drives.
I bought a new system and the 4Tb drives were accepted easily and perfectly.
Then I thought, with all the extra ports, I would crack open one of the 3Tb externals and install it internally. I did, the w8.1 new system couldn't see the drive.
Looking in Disk Management the drive showed as 3 partitions. The first RAW and the second and third "unallocated".
A bit of thought and the answer presented itself.
The 4Tb was accepted on the W7 system because the USB to SATA interface created 3 partitions and hid this from the system. DM saw the EXTERNAL as one partition but saw it with 3 partitions as an internal.
Hopefully this thread will answer the question for anyone else who follows.
I have a Windows 7 64bit system with internal and external hard drives. I bought 2 X 3Tb external hard drives and they worked fine so I bought 2 X 3Tb internals and formatted them as GPT etc and they worked fine. I then bought a 4Tb external and that too worked perfectly.
So I bought a 4Tb internal fully expecting it to work but, try as I did, I could NOT get the 4Tb drive to be recognised as such. I tried GPT and everything suggested by everybody.
The system would see the drive as 3,815Gb but create a partition 1,718Gb in size. Everybody talked about the 2.2Tb limit and GPT and UEFI bios. But I had a 4Tb external working perfectly. I contacted Gigabyte, they said I should be able to create a data disc of 4Tb but I couldn't. Nobody could explain why.
My W7 desktop was getting old and my 2Tb drives were slowly failing so I had to buy a new system that would accept 4Tb drives.
I bought a new system and the 4Tb drives were accepted easily and perfectly.
Then I thought, with all the extra ports, I would crack open one of the 3Tb externals and install it internally. I did, the w8.1 new system couldn't see the drive.
Looking in Disk Management the drive showed as 3 partitions. The first RAW and the second and third "unallocated".
A bit of thought and the answer presented itself.
The 4Tb was accepted on the W7 system because the USB to SATA interface created 3 partitions and hid this from the system. DM saw the EXTERNAL as one partition but saw it with 3 partitions as an internal.
Hopefully this thread will answer the question for anyone else who follows.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 7 Pro & 8.1 Pro & 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built & self built
- CPU
- i7 870 & i7 4771 & i7 HP Laptop
- Motherboard
- GA-P55A-UD7 & Asus Z87 Deluxe/Dual
- Memory
- 8Gb & 16Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- HD5770 & None
- Sound Card
- inbuilt & inbuilt
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 32' LED TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080
- Hard Drives
- About 40Tb
- PSU
- Antec TP-750C & Ditto
- Case
- Antec DF-85 & Antec Nineteen Hundred
- Cooling
- 7 fans & 6 fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech MX5500 Combo
- Mouse
- Logitech MX5500 Combo
- Internet Speed
- Naked DSL
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- AVG