4TB HDD on Windows 7 64bit?
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Hello everyone,
I would like your advice please. I'm thinking about getting a 4TB HDD for storage (slave drive, no OS). Would Windows 7 64bit handle this without RAID? Or would I need to partition the drive?
Thank you for helping me, a novice in this area. I appreciate your time and effort.
I would like your advice please. I'm thinking about getting a 4TB HDD for storage (slave drive, no OS). Would Windows 7 64bit handle this without RAID? Or would I need to partition the drive?
Thank you for helping me, a novice in this area. I appreciate your time and effort.
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Here you go bud, this white paper should be able to answer some of your questions: http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/869E4925C...$file/Deskstar_3TB_FAQ_finalwebv2.pdf
It does appear that you can use a 4TB data drive in Windows 7 x64, it just has to be formatted in a certain manner. Other considerations have to be taken into account if it is ever used as a boot drive though.
Hope that helps!
It does appear that you can use a 4TB data drive in Windows 7 x64, it just has to be formatted in a certain manner. Other considerations have to be taken into account if it is ever used as a boot drive though.
Hope that helps!
nullifier said:
Here you go bud, this white paper should be able to answer some of your questions: http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/869E4925C...$file/Deskstar_3TB_FAQ_finalwebv2.pdfIt does appear that you can use a 4TB data drive in Windows 7 x64, it just has to be formatted in a certain manner. Other considerations have to be taken into account if it is ever used as a boot drive though.
Hope that helps!
Thank you kindly! Yes, it appears there should be no problem with my OS.
Again, thank you for the data sheet!
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