[Coco] Need help thanks in advance

[Kevin Becker]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/support-for-hard-disks-exceeding-2-tb

Do you have 64-bit Windows 7? Does your machine support UEFI booting?
There is a good chance you are limited to 2TB and will just need to use
the rest of the space as a second drive. If your PC can support larger
partitions then, as was mentioned already, you will likely need to wipe
the drive, and set up GPT partitions and configure your system for UEFI
booting. Why not talk to the person or company that set it up for you?


On Fri, 2020-10-23 at 21:52 -0400, Mike Delyea wrote:
> As far as I know you will have to start over from scratch.  Backup
> any data
> you want to keep and wipe the drive.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:49 PM Joshua Harper via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi there when I was able to install Windows 7 myself I did not let
> > it put
> > a partition at all you can use the whole hard drive for windows
> > seven I’m
> > guessing they went in the head and let windows make a partition
> > when they
> > did the install is there any way of getting rid of the partition to
> > open up
> > the whole hard drive thanks again
> > 
> > > On Oct 23, 2020, at 8:43 PM, Mike Delyea <mdelyea at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > In Windows, you cannot have a partition larger than 2TB unless
> > > certain
> > > conditions are met.  The partition must be initialized by using
> > > the GUID
> > > partition table (GPT) partitioning scheme.  Furthermore, you must
> > > have a
> > > UEFI BIOS if you intend to boot from it.  A regular MBR partition
> > > and
> > > non-UEFI BIOS won't work.  You would have to start over from
> > > scratch.
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:28 PM Joshua Harper via Coco <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi guys I know this is off-topic but didn’t know who else to
> > > > ask I just
> > > > had my Windows 7 PC fixed with a brand new 4 TB hard drive put
> > > > in it
> > with
> > > > Windows 7 ultimate when I got back my PC under properties of a
> > > > hard
> > drive
> > > > it showing capacity 1.97 available hard drive space how can I
> > > > get back
> > the
> > > > rest of my hard drive space the other 2 TB apparently they put
> > > > a
> > partition
> > > > on it I believe is there any way of taking off the partition
> > > > where I can
> > > > get the whole 4 TB access again thanks I appreciate all your
> > > > help
> > > > 
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