What is the maximum hard drive size that Win 7 Pro will support


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
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    What is the maximum hard drive size that Win 7 Pro will support


    I have Windows 7Professional, 64bit running on an SSD 500GB drive.

    My internal drives are the 500GB SSD, 2 x 1TB, and a small 150GB velociraptor. My External drives, all powered, are 2 x 1TB, 2 x 500GB, and 2 x 2TB drives.

    The newest one is one of the 2 TB ones. Since adding this one, I find I cannot run it if all the others are connected as well.

    I read that there is a limit to how many TB Windows 7 can support, and that it depends also whether they are internal or external.

    Please can you clarify this for me. If there is a limit, I will have to move a lot of data(photos) around so as not to need to run all at once.

    I have also just upgraded the power pack to 650watts,quadrail.

    Thanks.
    Last edited by ruthnicholls; 26 Nov 2014 at 05:05. Reason: omission of details
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    No Windows 7 does not have a limit. Something else is limiting you, what it would be I'm not sure. Probably a limitation on the means you are connecting these external drives.
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  3. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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  4. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #4

    The MBR partition type limits volumes to 2 TB. For GPT it is much larger, far beyond the largest drive currently available. I don't know if there are any theoretical limits on the number of volumes but the practical limit is drive letter availability.
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  5. Posts : 514
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #5

    Just one little question ---


    AddRAM said:
    I know this discussion is not recent, but it pretty much answered the question that I had.

    That being said, the answer sort of presented me with another question, as answers often do where I am concerned.....

    If I am understanding the information given in the "support microsoft" link provided, if I initialize a 4TB (or larger) internal (or external) storage disk as GUID/GPT, then it matters not if the base firmware is BIOS so long as the boot disk agrees with the base firmware; .......... right ?
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    7 X64
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    If I am understanding the information given in the "support microsoft" link provided, if I initialize a 4TB (or larger) internal (or external) storage disk as GUID/GPT, then it matters not if the base firmware is BIOS so long as the boot disk agrees with the base firmware; .......... right ?
    Yes.
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  7. Posts : 514
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #7

    SIW2 said:
    Yes.

    Thanks for confirming.
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