Can I test my computer for 3 TB boot ready ?

[vdumitru85]

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 ?

 

[COLGeek]

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

http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3tb_hard_drives.html

 

[vdumitru85]

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.

 

[WyomingKnott]

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.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

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

 

[COLGeek]

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.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

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

 

[COLGeek]

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