4TB hdd on windows 7

[pclab]

Oh, one thing that makes all difference, I think:
I want to install windows 7 on it and boot from it.
If it's for data storage I have no problem with it.

 

[Jared]

Have you tried partitioning & formatting it in Linux, and then see if you can install Windows to it? I know the Windows installer might not allow GPT partitioning, but it may still recognize it if it's already done...

 

[pclab]

The client decided to buy a new motherboard and CPU and upgrade the PC ehehehhe

 

[w.simon]

ou can find drivers and utilities that allow you to use a 3TB drive as auxiliary storage with any flavor of Windows, XP or later. I say "auxiliary" because you can boot Windows from a 3TB drive only if it's 64-bit Vista or 64-bit Windows 7--and then, only if you have a PC with an EFI/UEFI BIOS. EFI is Intel's Extensible Firmware Interface, and UEFI (United EFI) is the nonproprietary version based on the 1.10 EFI spec. EFI assumes the hardware and operating system interfacing chores from the BIOS after startup.

 

[pclab]

Hi

I must tell how this ended.... After almost 1 week, I got it solved. Remember that the client wanted windows to boot and work on the 4TB drive and theres no other HDD.
For start, you know MBR just accept 2TB, and to format on GPT you need a UEFI bios. After a new board, CPU and RAM (the client made an upgrade), there were still no way to install Windows 7 on it and to get the 4TB of space. I also couldn't made 2x2TB partition....
Installation DVD of windows must be in UEFI mode too and by default it isn't.
So the solution was to create a USB flash drive with BootIce, create a UEFI boot system, copy Windows dvd files into it, change some files name and create folders, and after that finally UEFI could boot windows system, format into GPT and get the full 4TB space.
It was hard, but great to solve ehehehehe
Have you had such a pain???