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Discussions about 8TB hard drives on WindowsForum.com focus on capacity recognition issues, particularly when installing Windows 10 on a new drive. A common problem is that an 8TB drive may only show 1.99TB due to using the MBR partition scheme instead of GPT. Windows 10 supports GPT, which is required for drives larger than 2TB. Users seek solutions to format the drive as GPT to access the full capacity, often after receiving incorrect advice from retailers. The tag covers troubleshooting steps for making an 8TB drive fully usable with Windows 10.
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    Windows 10 New 8TB Hard-drive only shows 1.99TB .

    Morning all , I bought a new 8TB Hard-drive online , I installed Windows 10 on it and it's only showing 1.99TB on my computer . I thought windows only showed 3TB as the largest size , but the bloke in the local computer shop said windows 10 had solved that problem . (Meaning I wouldn't have to...
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    • 8tb capacity issue computer shop data loss disk management disk space file system formatting gpt hard drive installation mbr partition software compatibility storage tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows issues
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