I want to buy a 4TB WD black internal for my optiplex 745 on Win7 just for storage and use GPT to partition it. I'd buy an external, but the affordable ones use lower end drives.
I am on bios 2.3.1 but would reluctantly move to the last (2.6.6) if that's all I need to do.
Can anyone tell me if this older motherboard can support GPT and if there are other limitations beyond that and the bios? Reluctant about the bios update because if there's a chance it can brick, it would be my luck that it would happen to me.
If I had any real budget at all, i'd buy a newer PC.
Thanks very much in advance,
Bill
I am on bios 2.3.1 but would reluctantly move to the last (2.6.6) if that's all I need to do.
Can anyone tell me if this older motherboard can support GPT and if there are other limitations beyond that and the bios? Reluctant about the bios update because if there's a chance it can brick, it would be my luck that it would happen to me.
If I had any real budget at all, i'd buy a newer PC.
Thanks very much in advance,
Bill
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