Cannot allocate my 3tb hard drive


  1. Posts : 106
    Windows 7 64 Bit
       #1

    Cannot allocate my 3tb hard drive


    I have a 3th hard drive, but windows isnt allowing me to allocate more than 2tb to the partition. Im not sure why or how to bypass this
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    I'm no expert but I did find one. This is Brinks tutorial that should give you the information you need.

    Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk
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  3. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #3

    Delete all partitions on that 3TB drive (after copying any data on it to another drive), initialise your disk as GPT , create volumes and format. More than 2TB HDDs need to be GPT drives. MBR disks can see only 2 TB which is the limit.
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  4. Posts : 106
    Windows 7 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    that worked! thank you so much guys. one more thing i learned today
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