Windows 10: Can I use all of 5TB Hard Disk with Windows 10?

Hi folks,

My 5 y-o Desktop pc with Win 7 is becoming decidedly slow and getting the odd freeze-up, etc. Despite being a long-term fan of Win 7, I've fallen out of love with it, so rather than re-install Win 7, I have decided to move the desktop pc over to Win 10 and I have bought a Win 10 Pro disk.

I recently upgraded the HDD of the Win 7 pc to a 5TB Toshiba X300 only to find that Win 7 can only see 2TB.

Will the new OS be able to see and use all 5TB of the disk?

Cheers,

Art

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