Can I have a 3tb data on windows 8 32bit?

MarcoV

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Hello,

According to this thread I can only use GPT only for data. Could anyone please clarify if in my system (Windows 8 32 bits) I can have the boot partition with a 1TB MBR disk and in the same machine install another 3TB GPT disk for data? (i need GPT so that I can use the whole disk, otherwise I only can have 2.2 TB)

Thank you very much,
Marco
 

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Hello Marco, and welcome to Eight Forums.

If you mean to keep your Windows 8 on the 1 TB MBR disk, then install a separate 3TB GPT disk for data, then yes you will be able to do that if you like. :)

You'll just connect the 3TB drive as usual, then convert it to GPT.

Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk - Windows 7 Help Forums
 

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Yes, that is what I meant Brink. thank you very much for your quick answer. Just one more question: I have installed windows 8 32bits in my PC. Can I use this operating system and convert MBR to GPT so that I can use my whole 3TB hard disk (I thought I needed 64bits OS and that is why the post came out in the first place) and yes, my mainboard supports UEFI<BR><BR>Thanks
 

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I am following the tutorial, but I have 2 issues:
1. Cannot delete the partitions because the hard disk has already installed windows 8
2. The option to convert to GPT is disabled when right clicking on the name of the disk. Right clicking on every partition does not have the option. You can check the captured page here

Could you please help what I can do?

Thank you very much

Marco
 

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What happened to your 1TB MBR drive that had Windows 8 installed on it?

I thought you were going to convert the 3TB drive from within that Windows 8 instead, than use the 3TB HDD as only a data drive.
 

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Well, at the beginning of the thread, that was my idea... but in the second question I wanted to mean if I can use only my 3 tb hard disk, make it GPT and boot from it (with windows 8 32 bits). Can I do that, or I will definitely have to buy the 1 TB hard disk?

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Well, at the beginning of the thread, that was my idea... but in the second question I wanted to mean if I can use only my 3 tb hard disk, make it GPT and boot from it (with windows 8 32 bits). Can I do that, or I will definitely have to buy the 1 TB hard disk?

Thanks

If you mean to run 32Bit Windows FROM the 3TB GPT disk then the answer is NO the disk needs to be MBR then. You need to install Windows 32Bit on another disk (1TB or anything under and up to 2TB is good) that has to be converted to MBR. The 3TB disk can then be used as a data disk and still formatted in GPT if the 32bit Windows is not on this disk..

But if you don't add another disk then you can split the 3TB disk in 3x 1GB MBR partitions or 2 x1.5GB ones and still use it and installing WIndows on one of those partitions. The one big 3TB partition is not mandatory.

MBR allows up to 4 primary partitions on the same disk so keep an eye on how many partitions you need.
GPT allows up to 128 primary partitions on the same disk.
 

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But if you don't add another disk then you can split the 3TB disk in 3x 1GB MBR partitions or 2 x1.5GB ones and still use it and installing WIndows on one of those partitions. The one big 3TB partition is not mandatory.

Currently the hard disk has two MBR partitions of 100 MB and 195.21 GB (with the system). 1 with 1852.69 GB unallocated and 1 with 746.52 GB which is unreachable. You say I can use the whole 3tb with this configuration? Could you please let me know how, because the last partition is not reachable...

hard-disk.png

Thanks,
Marco
 

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You can't do it like that.

You will need to convert to GPT.
 

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But if you don't add another disk then you can split the 3TB disk in 3x 1GB MBR partitions or 2 x1.5GB ones and still use it and installing WIndows on one of those partitions. The one big 3TB partition is not mandatory.

Currently the hard disk has two MBR partitions of 100 MB and 195.21 GB (with the system). 1 with 1852.69 GB unallocated and 1 with 746.52 GB which is unreachable. You say I can use the whole 3tb with this configuration? Could you please let me know how, because the last partition is not reachable...

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Thanks,
Marco

Try to make a partition from the unallocated space. Make for instance a 1TB partition and see what it says about the rest of the unallocated space.
 

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Hi there
Windows 8 32 bit CAN be booted from a GPT disk -- use a stand alone partition manager to convert to GPT and then you should be able to use the whole 3TB without any problems.

Windows 7 will only boot from a GPT drive if its 64 bit -- Windows 8 allows either version. Note you don't have to worry about UEFI / Protected boot -- these are OTHER topics that don't have to be present in order to use GPT drives.

I think for MBR disks the maximum partition size is 2TB.

Convert using a stand alone utility such as Convert GPT disk to MBR disk with free partition manager, Windows Disk Management and Diskpart command.

Backup data before doing this though.

Cheers
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Hi there
Windows 8 32 bit CAN be booted from a GPT disk -- use a stand alone partition manager to convert to GPT and then you should be able to use the whole 3TB without any problems.

Windows 7 will only boot from a GPT drive if its 64 bit -- Windows 8 allows either version. Note you don't have to worry about UEFI / Protected boot -- these are OTHER topics that don't have to be present in order to use GPT drives.

I think for MBR disks the maximum partition size is 2TB.

Convert using a stand alone utility such as Convert GPT disk to MBR disk with free partition manager, Windows Disk Management and Diskpart command.

Backup data before doing this though.

Cheers
jimbo

Is Windows 8 different from 7 as regards booting from a GPT drive?

GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(For 7, only X64 supports booting from a GPT drive, and the motherboard must use UEFI. According to the article, at least.)
 

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Hi there
Windows 8 32 bit CAN be booted from a GPT disk -- use a stand alone partition manager to convert to GPT and then you should be able to use the whole 3TB without any problems.

Windows 7 will only boot from a GPT drive if its 64 bit -- Windows 8 allows either version. Note you don't have to worry about UEFI / Protected boot -- these are OTHER topics that don't have to be present in order to use GPT drives.

I think for MBR disks the maximum partition size is 2TB.

Convert using a stand alone utility such as Convert GPT disk to MBR disk with free partition manager, Windows Disk Management and Diskpart command.

Backup data before doing this though.

Cheers
jimbo

Is Windows 8 different from 7 as regards booting from a GPT drive?

GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(For 7, only X64 supports booting from a GPT drive, and the motherboard must use UEFI. According to the article, at least.)

If you convert the HDD with Windows 8 x32 installed, to GPT, the HDD will be made unbootable.

MBR to GPT 002.png

If you try to reinstall x32, will not install.

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.

To reinstall you would need to delete all partition, which will convert the HDD back to MBR style.
 

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Hey folks,

I have now installed Windows 8 x64 and have a 1TB hard drive (where I installed the OS) and 3TB which is going to be used to store data. I installed on SATA0 the 1tb hd, on SATA 1 the DVD unit and on SATA 2 the 3tb hd. I wasn't able to see from Computer Management the 3tb hd but from bios I was able to see it, so I exchanged: SATA 1 connected the 3tb hd and SATA 2 the DVD unit. Now I can see the 3tb hd but not the DVD unit. What can I do? Should I assume that SATA 2 is not working? Is there anything I am missing here?

cannot see the dvd unit.png

Thanks,
Marco
 

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Try the SATA3 port.
 

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