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i have WD Green Drive 2 TB But can someone tell me if windows 7 is not able to read 4 TB drive ?
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The primary partition the OS is installed on cannot exceed 2TB, but you can go over 2TB by converting the drive to a GPT drive. Also try making it a dynamic disk. Remember, the OS cannot be on this if it is >2TB.
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I read somewhere that 2TB was the limit, but I cannot confirm.
 

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The primary partition the OS is installed on cannot exceed 2TB, but you can go over 2TB by converting the drive to a GPT drive. Also try making it a dynamic disk. Remember, the OS cannot be on this if it is >2TB.
 

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