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18 Nov 2016 | #21 |
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My understanding is that your OS drive can be MBR and large (> 2TB) data drives formatted GPT should be fully compatible. If you convert your 4 TB drive to MBR then I think you will only see 2TB. So > 2TB for data drives then GPT is the way. Now ask the more unknown question concerning Macrium system imaging. Can you create a macrium (free) system image on a GPT data drive and restore to the MBR OS drive. I think you can ???? |
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18 Nov 2016 | #22 |
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So, you`re saying you think the entire 4 TB drive initialized GPT would be seen by windows no problem ? No separate partitions, just one astronomically huge galaxy sized mind boggling partition.
Hope Santa brings me a couple ![]() Seagate Desktop HDD ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com 2nd paragraph here clearly states: GUID Partition Tables (GPT) can define drives larger than 2.2TB. You can use GPT today on any Windows 10/ 8.1/8/7 and Vista system as a non-booting data drive. Windows can only boot a GPT partition on a new type of BIOS called UEFI. Support for Disk Drives Beyond 2.2 TeraBytes (TB) and 4K Advanced Format Sectors |
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18 Nov 2016 | #23 |
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I learned a fair amount, but boy did i waste a lot of time ![]() |
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18 Nov 2016 | #24 |
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The GUID/GPT is a newer standard for the partitioning table layout. The MBR partition table lives in the first 512 MBR bytes on the disk and is more restricted and doesn't support large drives > 2TB. There is a difference between the boot drive and additional data drives. If you want to boot to a drive > 2TB then you need UEFI/GPT booting. Why you want to have a really big boot drive is beyond me. My understanding is that you can have an MBR boot/OS drive and GPT data drives when they exceed 2TB. Others with more first hand experience may want to comment. |
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18 Nov 2016 | #25 |
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For drives > 2 TB they must be GPT or Windows won't be able to use all the space. As far as partitioning that is a personal choice. It depends on how a person is going to use the drives. I use large drives as "Backup/Archive" drives that are normally offline. I don't partition them, i use folders to organize data. If i used them online and some data changed daily i probably would do some partitioning. With partitioning you can better control scans and maintenance such as security programs, defrag, update checkers, etc. For me i don't need these type of scans done regularly on "static" data that doesn't often change. I use 1 TB or smaller drives for online data drives. If i had larger drives online, i'd somehow fill it with data that i really don't need everyday. This way i force myself to do better at keeping online data lean and clean ![]() ![]() |
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