Will Win7 32-bit Recognize 4TB Internal HD?


  1. hcour
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    Will Win7 32-bit Recognize 4TB Internal HD?


    Simple question. Gonna be picking up one of these bad boys soon. Just wanna be sure I'm good. Thanks!
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  3. bobkn
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    hcour said:
    Simple question. Gonna be picking up one of these bad boys soon. Just wanna be sure I'm good. Thanks!
    I have zero personal experience with this, but I have been following it with interest.

    This may be more than you wish to know:

    Everything You Need to Know About 3TB Hard Drives | PCWorld

    Short version: drives larger than 2TB must use a GPT rather than an MBR. (There are drivers that work around this.)

    A motherboard that uses UEFI is required to boot from a GPT drive.
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