4TB hdd on windows 7

[pclab]

Hi

Did anyone ever managed to get a 4TB hdd working on a windows 7 64bits, but without UEFI bios?
I don't mind of having 2+2tb partitions, but I can't create the second one....
Any utility out there?
Thanks

 

[Jared]

I've never had an issue with it. Just have to be sure it's GPT partitioned.

 

[pclab]

Yeah, I know about the limitations of MBR and GPT.
The problem is that you can only format with GPT if you have a UEFI bios, which is not the case....

 

[lcoughey]

I don't believe my boards are UEFI bios and they format GPT no problem.

 

[Jared]

Yes, same here. I only have one computer here that actually is UEFI (cuz UEFI drives me crazy) and I've never had an issue formatting to GPT and creating large partitions.

Could it be just a limitation of your motherboard? Perhaps it just isn't recognizing large drives correctly.

 

[Jared]

Perhaps you should try what this tutorial says: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/convert-mbr-to-gpt-disk

 

[pclab]

Hi Guys

I mean the opposite: my board doesn't have UEFI bios. For what I have found, only a UEFI bios can format the drive to GPT.

 

[Jared]

No, we are saying that without UEFI you can format to GPT without any issue. I've got at least 7-8 computers here that aren't UEFI and I've used large drives on all of them.

 

[pclab]

Damn.. This pc isn't able to do it...
I have to check better...

 

[Jared]

As a last resort just use Gparted and a Linux live distro to partition and format it.