Can Windows 7 Support 4Tb Hard Drive?
Contents Windows 7 Supports 2+Tb Drives Just Fine, They Just Have to Use Gpt and Not Mbr Due to Mbr Being Limited to 2Tb Partitions. Same for If You Wanted to...
Windows 7 supports 2+TB drives just fine, they just have to use GPT and not MBR due to MBR being limited to 2TB partitions. Same for if you wanted to use the drive as a boot drive, you would absolutely HAVE to use GPT and be on a UEFI system (which you are with that z87 board).
What is the maximum hard drive size for Windows 7?
Table 4: Windows support for large-capacity disks as non-booting data volumes
| System | >2-TB single disk – MBR |
|---|---|
| Windows 7 | Supports up to 2 TB of addressable capacity** |
| Windows Vista | Supports up to 2 TB of addressable capacity** |
| Windows XP | Supports up to 2 TB of addressable capacity** |
How do I install Windows 7 on a 4TB hard drive?
You will need a motherboard that support UEFI! If you already have such a motherboard, then Windows OS must be 64-bit in order to be successfully installed on the 4 TB HDD (regardless of the OS version itself). Finally, you must start Windows setup in UEFI mode.
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