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kuthedk
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I'm on a new asus x99 build with windows 8.1 as the OS and I have a 4TB seagate Hybrid drive and in the bios it recognizes it as a 4TB drive but once booted into windows, it says its only 2TB how do i fix this?

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What does it say in Disk Management?

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Do you have 64 or 32 bit windows??

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wow it says 1678.02GB is unallocated, should i just allocate them to the C drive since this is my main drive until i get my SSD which should be coming in the next week or so?

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wow it says 1678.02GB is unallocated, should i just allocate them to the C drive since this is my main drive until i get my SSD which should be coming in the next week or so?

That unallocated space is probably why. You probably just see one 2TB partition. Create another one if you can.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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I just tried to extend the partition and its saying only the first 2TB are usable on large MBR disks.

I'm not quite sure what that means.

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I just tried to extend the partition and its saying only the first 2TB are usable on large MBR disks.

I'm not quite sure what that means.

Well, don't try to extend it. Just try to create a new 2TB partition with the unallocated space.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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Well, don't try to extend it. Just try to create a new 2TB partition with the unallocated space.

only gives me a property and help option when I right click on the unallocated partition. should I just ignore it for now and once I have my SSD as the C drive it wont do this anymore?

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only gives me a property and help option when I right click on the unallocated partition. should I just ignore it for now and once I have my SSD as the C drive it wont do this anymore?

Wait, i don't understand. can you possibly post a screeenshot?

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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i think you need it reformat & set partition in GPT instead of MBR, MR paritition limit is 2 tb 's i think..

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Wow, that unallocated space that's not available for a partition? Strange. If you don't have much data or care much, reinstall windows and repartition yor hard drive.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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well in about a week ill be getting my SSD and installing win 8 on it so i could just during then just format this current drive. Also currently this build is only a few hours old so nothing would really be lost and its all easy to download again.

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your 4TB is configured with MBR which has a limit of 2TB per partition. To utilize all 4TB as 1 drive letter, you must reconfigure the drive to GPT.

 

doing the conversion from MBR to GPT will delete all existing data on the drive, and it is recommended to make a backup before attempting the conversion.

 

I would use gparted to delete all existing partitions on the drive. When you install win 8 on your ssd leave the 4TB off for now. once install on the ssd is complete, attach the 4tb drive and go to disk management.

 

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This screen will pop up, you want the GPT because the drive is over 4TB.

 

 

 

 

I'm on a new asus x99 build with windows 8.1 as the OS and I have a 4TB seagate Hybrid drive and in the bios it recognizes it as a 4TB drive but once booted into windows, it says its only 2TB how do i fix this?

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