Can I use more than 2TB of Storage on Windows 10?

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So I have had my current PC for 2 years now and when I bought all the components I bought a 3TB internal hard drive. But when I set it up, windows would not let me allocate the remaining TB of storage to a partition. I am currently saving up for a new computer and I just want to know that if I buy one 480GB intel SSD and two 1tb intel SSD's will I be able to use all 2.48tb of storage and if so can you please reply with a tutorial on how to do so. Thank you :)
 
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You can use the entire 3TB drive, but you must format it as a GPT drive *not* an MBR drive, as they are limited to just over 2TB.

Yes, you can use as many drives as you can attach by just attaching them, initialize in disk management and format.

As an example of the size partitions you can use, I have one partition on Windows 7 x64 that is over 30TB, it is a RAID 5 array of 8TB drives on an Adaptec controller and Windows uses it as a single large partition.
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You can use the entire 3TB drive, but you must format it as a GPT drive *not* an MBR drive, as they are limited to just over 2TB.

Yes, you can use as many drives as you can attach by just attaching them, initialize in disk management and format.

As an example of the size partitions you can use, I have one partition on Windows 7 x64 that is over 30TB, it is a RAID 5 array of 8TB drives on an Adaptec controller and Windows uses it as a single large partition.
 
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Absolutely.
This is my HTPC drives
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From top to bottom:
Seagate 2TB
Sandisk 120GB SSD OS drive
WD 3TB
Seagate 3TB
Seagate 3TB
Seagate 8TB in a 4 bay USB enclosure
WD 2TB external USB

~22TB total. Just individual drives and drive letters.

As noted above, GPT partitioning.
 
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Holy heck haha, ok.
 
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Ok, thank you :)
 
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