I've been told I need to convert it to GPT drive or something, but I'm terribly confused. Here's what my Disk Management looks like http://i.imgur.com/M7vAdEC.png Please someone show me how to fix this, I've got no clue what I'm doing.
Windows recognizing my 4TB HDD as a 2TB
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lp231
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Things you will need to do.
1. The board must support UEFI
2. The OS has to be 64bit Win7 SP1 or Win8 or 8.1
3. Boot with DVD but start with UEFI Boot not standard Boot, to do this lauch the boot device list and it should say
DVD and UEFI DVD
4. Delete the partition and create a new one, Windows will create additional partitions along with it. This makes it to GPT
5. Install Windows.
1. The board must support UEFI
2. The OS has to be 64bit Win7 SP1 or Win8 or 8.1
3. Boot with DVD but start with UEFI Boot not standard Boot, to do this lauch the boot device list and it should say
DVD and UEFI DVD
4. Delete the partition and create a new one, Windows will create additional partitions along with it. This makes it to GPT
5. Install Windows.
It looks like the drive was only formatted to use 2GB. This article by M$ gives a detailed walkthrough of how to extend a partition volume:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx
lp231
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Maximum size for MBR is 2.1TB anything after need to be partition into GPT when it's a boot drive
HDD can be converted to GPT, but only for DATA drives since it requires the entire HDD to be wiped out before it can be converted to GPT
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738416%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
HDD can be converted to GPT, but only for DATA drives since it requires the entire HDD to be wiped out before it can be converted to GPT
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738416%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
lp231
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Yes it need to reformat, but not just format. Delete all the partition on the HDD. Then create a new one.
If the DVD is boot with UEFI, then Windows will create additional partitions along with it.
Some boards support a disk unlocker utility which uses the full HDD but not all boards support it.
Check your motherboard's website.
I've ran that utility before on some board (forgot the model) and instead of actually using the unallocated space, it creates a separate virtual HDD. So I'm not sure what will happen if you want to take the HDD and hooked it up as slave to extract the data on another computer.
If the DVD is boot with UEFI, then Windows will create additional partitions along with it.
Some boards support a disk unlocker utility which uses the full HDD but not all boards support it.
Check your motherboard's website.
I've ran that utility before on some board (forgot the model) and instead of actually using the unallocated space, it creates a separate virtual HDD. So I'm not sure what will happen if you want to take the HDD and hooked it up as slave to extract the data on another computer.
lp231
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Do you have any important data on your computer? If yes back them up to a another drive now.
What computer do you have? List your specs.
Restart your computer and boot from Windows 7 disc in UEFI mode
Windows setup wizard will start, enable drive options and delete all the partitions you have on that list.
Create a new partition, if the disk is boot up correctly, the wizard will create additional partitions and one of them will be MSR (Reserved).
Select the partition with the largest size and click format.
After that, select the partition that was just formatted and click next to begin installation.
When it's done and booted into desktop, you'll be using the full 4TB
What computer do you have? List your specs.
Restart your computer and boot from Windows 7 disc in UEFI mode
Windows setup wizard will start, enable drive options and delete all the partitions you have on that list.
Create a new partition, if the disk is boot up correctly, the wizard will create additional partitions and one of them will be MSR (Reserved).
Select the partition with the largest size and click format.
After that, select the partition that was just formatted and click next to begin installation.
When it's done and booted into desktop, you'll be using the full 4TB
mihai24silus
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Hello,
I have also a HDD WD Black 4TB, 7200rpm, 64MB, SATA 3. but I can't use it, not even show on my Computer Management... How did you fixed the issue?
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