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Want to Use 4 TB HDD
- Thread starter tanmoytanu
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Solution
Windows Vista and later support 4 TB hard drives.
If you have your operating system installed on a smaller drive and add the 4 TB drive as extra storage, this should work fine on these operating systems. Partition the disk as a GPT disk in Windows.
If you want to install Windows on the 4 TB drive, you need to have a machine that supports UEFI boot and boot from the Windows installation DVD in UEFI mode.
If you have your operating system installed on a smaller drive and add the 4 TB drive as extra storage, this should work fine on these operating systems. Partition the disk as a GPT disk in Windows.
If you want to install Windows on the 4 TB drive, you need to have a machine that supports UEFI boot and boot from the Windows installation DVD in UEFI mode.
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This is the configuration ;
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: H55M-D2H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3448MB RAM
Page File: 408MB used, 4922MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: H55M-D2H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3448MB RAM
Page File: 408MB used, 4922MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Drives over 2 TB must be formatted as a GPT disk.
This motherboard does not support UEFI (which allows you to boot from a GPT disk).
Windows XP can not read GPT drives or boot from them.
You will have to stick with a maximum 2 TB drive in this computer.
This motherboard does not support UEFI (which allows you to boot from a GPT disk).
Windows XP can not read GPT drives or boot from them.
You will have to stick with a maximum 2 TB drive in this computer.
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thanks for all. I want to mention that i was using (1TB+1TB)=2 HDD, but i notice that if i use those 2HDD at a time my pc became slow to boot and 2nd HDD(Not the boot one) drive is not taking formate. I don't know what's the problem. But when i use 1HDD then it's ok & normal. But i need to use maximum HDD for my PC i using that to reserve my CCTV footage.
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Sounds like that second drive is bad. A reformat may help thing if it's not a hardware issue. You can do a scan with a drive check utility from the drive maker.
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