[SOLVED] GPT Formatting question regarding installation of new internal WD 4TB HDD

realghostbuster

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Hi there,

I'm hoping to purchase a new 4TB WD Blue internal HDD into my 10 year old PC and I'm not sure how I will go about formatting the 4TB drive when I connect it to one of the two remaining SATA2(3G) ports on my motherboard.
I have an ASUS P8H61-M (LGA 1155) Motherboard that has four SATA 2 (3GB) ports, two of which are occupied at the moment(one by the CD/DVD disk drive and the other by the 1TB internal boot hard drive).

I'm been told that "I will need to convert the WD Blue HDD to GPT when I format to be able to use all 4TB if I am are using Windows". Is this true? Does anybody know why must I have to convert the drive to GPT to be able to use the entirety of the 4TB's of storage?

Any helpful information would be much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Brendan
 

realghostbuster

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Thanks for the helpful reply.

I have Windows 10 64 bit installed on my 1TB boot drive.
When I fit the 4TB WD Blue HDD into my PC and turn it on how do I go about converting it to GPT format? Will Windows prompt me to do so when I turn on the computer or will I have to go to "This PC" and find the new drive, right click on it and format it?