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4TB drive in Windows 7

Running a Dell Precision 490 TAG # DMFDBB! Bios A08
Windows 7 64 bit

I just purchased a 4TB WD4001FAEX hard drive to replace my C drive, I would like to use the whole 4TB as one partition if possable. I know I need to run it as a MDR drive type and format as NTFS so I can run Windows 7 64 bit on it.

But how can I use the whole 4TB drive as my C drive? if that is possable?
If I have to settle for two partitions I will, I did try to add the drive but my system will only allocate 2TB and the rest 1.6TB I cannot partition or do anything with it.

Any suggestions?

tailoreddigital

FYI,
http://forums.hexus.net/storage/274001-how-get-4tb-interal-hard-drive-appear-1-partition.html

Haresh Nikumbh

you need to format disk with GPT partition which will support 4 tb volume for boot os

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Richard Schilke

I would advise against using the whole partition as a system drive even if you can! The best way to get the most space and offer redundancy and separate data from the rest of the OS is to split in 3. 500gb system C:, 100gb swap D:, and the balance as data 3.4Tb E:

Lee W, MVP

A separate swap partition is a waste of space. But set the file to a fixed size to prevent fragmentation.

(A separate swap DRIVE makes sense, but thats only if you have a separate physical drive.

A separate data drive can be useful but it can also depend on what you're doing and how much space you have.

Richard Schilke

I use a separate swap drive to minimise swap file fragmentation.

Lee W, MVP

Which isn't necessary if you used a fixed size drive.

jsarinana

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I ended up using a 2TB drive for the O.S. and the 4TB drive as a second drive (set as GPT) to do backups
thanks