I recently purchased “Seagate Desktop HDD 4 TB SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST4000DM000". After installing the drive I realized it is showing only 1.6 TB space. I think there could be a way of my motherboard’s BIOS to enable the use of 4 TB but I don’t know how to do it. I know that I am unable to boot from my 4 GB drive but I want to initialize it like a GPT drive and create a 4 GB partition so that I may be able to use the whole thing. Your advice will be greatly appreciated.How to Configure around the 2.2TB Rule

Follow the subsequent directives to solve the problem.

  • It seems like your main board doesn’t support SATA II/III so you have to settle for lower speed.
  • Change BIOS SATA to AHCI or enhance.
  • New use IDE or compatible mode.
  • Also follow the Dispart command as mentioned below and you will be able to see your 4 TB drive:

Run Command Prompt as Admin, At the prompt
Type: DISKPART (e) - (e) is Enter Kay
Type: List Disk (e) - It will show the HDD ID
Type: Select Disk # - # is the ID if the Seagate
Type: CLEAN (e)
Go to your Disk Manager
Right Click at the DISK 0 - small portion of the HDD - not the long bar
Select GPT you will be able to see the all 4TB.

Hopefully, your problem will be solved by following the above directives. For more assistance reach our Disk Doctor professionals on this number: 1.800.347.5377.

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