Harddrive > 2.2Tb anyone?
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im having a problem with my new 3Tb harddrive. I understand the issues with windows and its size limitations. i just cant seem to correct it. Any advice?
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Which version of Windows are you using? For native 3 TB support, you'll need Vista with a Service Pack (not sure 1 or 2) or newer.
It as well depends if you want to migrate the existing Windows to it or just as additional data drive. Additional data drive is easy. Just use a GPT disk instead of MBR. Attention, changing from MBR to GPT will delete all partitions and data.
Some chipset driver on all mainboards may cause trouble, too.
There are utilities available from HDD manufacturers to work around that.
Read for example there > http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/beyond-2tb/
The DiskUtility is free, WD offers as well a free version of it
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I am using windows 7 64 bit… I have come to learn that i need to use the GPT file system instead of NTFS; which I had been using. Thank you for your help.
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That is not exact.
You have to use GPT partitions instead of MBR partitions, but in both cases, you'll format the partitions with NTFS files system.
With Windows, if you want to boot on a GPT partioned drive, you'll need a UEFI main board. It is next to impossible to convert an installed Windows from a MBR disk to a GPT disk.
