Download the Tom's Hardware App from the App Store
The reference for current tech news
Yes No
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Storage > Hard Drives > Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?

Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?

Forum Storage : Hard Drives Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?

Related Content
You have searched for "Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?" . You might be interested in the following threads:

See more for "Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?"

Can't find your answer?
Ask!

General Discussion

|

Hard Drives

|

CD/DVD Drives

|

CD/DVD Writers

|

Optical Media

|

Flash Media

|

NAS/RAID

|

SSD

|

Buffalo Tech

|

QNAP

|

RunCore

Word :    Username :           
 
vdumitru85   02-08-2012 at 01:45:10 AM
- 0 +

I bought a computer and I want to check If I can boot from 3 TB drives before I buy a 3 TB drive . Is it possible ?

Reply to vdumitru85
Register or log in to remove.
COLGeek   02-08-2012 at 02:34:01 AM
- 0 +

What are the specifications for your new computer? In the meantime, read this article:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/235 [...] rives.html

Reply to COLGeek
vdumitru85   02-08-2012 at 02:06:32 PM
- 0 +

Amd fx 4100
Asus M5A78L

this counts I think.
But I was asking generally for all users to find out if the computer is 3 TB boot ready.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to vdumitru85
WyomingKnott   02-08-2012 at 09:06:19 PM
- 0 +

It's simple. If the motherboard runs BIOS, you can't boot from the 3 TB drive. Well, you could, but you could not use all of the drive because you would have to initialize it as MBR.

If the motherboard runs UEFI, you can boot from a 3 TB drive initialized as GPT.

Just went to ASUS to check out your mobo, but the site froze up on me. EDIT: It looks like BIOS to me. So, if I read it correctly, you can't use the entire 3 TB and boot from the drive.


Message edited by WyomingKnott on 02-08-2012 at 09:08:52 PM
Reply to WyomingKnott
DelroyMonjo   02-08-2012 at 11:04:15 PM
- 0 +

I doubt that MB will support a 3 TB HDD. That is a 3 year old 780G chipset on that board.

Reply to DelroyMonjo
COLGeek   02-09-2012 at 12:11:05 AM
- 0 +

vdumitru85 wrote :

Amd fx 4100
Asus M5A78L

this counts I think.
But I was asking generally for all users to find out if the computer is 3 TB boot ready.


Did you read the article? As long as you have a UEFI based system and are using a 64-bit version of Windows (or Linux) you can boot from a partition larger than 2.2TB.

Reply to COLGeek
DelroyMonjo   02-09-2012 at 12:30:47 AM
- 0 +

COL, my mistake, I hadn't read the article. I'm now better informed.

Reply to DelroyMonjo
COLGeek   02-09-2012 at 03:09:03 AM
- 0 +

Cool beans. As long as you meet the criteria, you are good to go.

Reply to COLGeek
Register or log in to remove.
Ask the community Add a reply
See all topics related to "Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?"
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Storage > Hard Drives > Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?
Go to:

There are 775 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 1.796 seconds
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Latest best answer
Audio through DVI
By amite, 61 days ago:

Recently, I replaced my older Asus GT9600 card with the newer Asus GTX560. Now, at first...

Best offers
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?
Top experts
Become an expert The rank
Partners