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3TB Hard Drive On Windows 7

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Hi All,

I am getting a Toshiba 3TB hard drive to replace a 2TB as my desktop drive is running out of space. However, i do worry that the motherboard will not be able to see a larger capacity drive. After some research, i notice that the new drive (with fresh copy of windows 7 installation) require something called “GPT” which is new to me. Further research show that i will need a board that comes with “UEFI” bios, which i believe i had it. Here are the specifications of my system :

1. Intel G2020
2. Asrock H61M-DGS (Asrock H71M-DGS)
3. 2 x 4 GB Kingston valueram
4. 2TB HDD
5. Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

I would like to know if there’s anything in the bios i need to configure and how do i partition the drive into “GPT” format.

TIA

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  1. When installing Windows 7, choose Custom and Format and there you will be able to choose GPT and than format to NTFS and then just install.

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