Hey. bought a WD 3Tb HDD(WD30EURS) and did a fresh install of win 7 64-bit. Afterwards I discovered win 7 recognizes only 2 tb and the rest is unallocated. And my BIOS only see the HDD as 800Gb… My motherboard http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P35-Neo.html The BIOS is updated too… So later I’m think…

A UEFI BIOS is only required if you wish to boot from your 3TB drive. You should still be able to use your new drive for storage, but you will need to ensure that you have the latest SATA drivers for your motherboard. The following document lists the requirements for each OS and BIOS. High Capacit…

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cntyy August 20, 2012, 5:59pm 4

Thanks for the help. Then I will use it as storage!