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I have Seagate 8TB USB3 external hard drive. I want to use all of it for external backups, but it seems I am limited to 2TB.
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nobus
Note that on XP (obsolescent but still around) it is impossible to use a drive larger than 2 TB due to limitations in Windows itself.
On some systems the BIOS cannot deal with a drive larger than 2 TB but this should not be an issue if the external drive is connected after Windows is already running.
On some systems the BIOS cannot deal with a drive larger than 2 TB but this should not be an issue if the external drive is connected after Windows is already running.
What is your OS?
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Windows 7 SP1
and is the OS 32 or 64 bit?
ASKER
64.
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See https://support.microsoft.com/en-nz/help/2581408/windows-support-for-hard-disks-that-are-larger-than-2-tb and the method described down the bottom.