Windows 10: Do all Windows 10 machines support External HDD higher than 2TB?

I'm aware about compatibility issues with Internal HDDs higher than 2TB (require UEFI and GPT iirc).

I'm planning to buy a 5TB External HDD. But some of the machines I intend to use this on do not have UEFI boards.

Are there hardware/software requirements to be able to use a >2TB External HDD?

Thanks.

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usb external HDD fat32 support ?

i have updated to WINDOWS 10 ANNIVERSARY .. it made my PC and LAPTOP to stop recognising FAT32 EXTERNAL usb HDD 2TB. i had to revert back to older version of windows 10 in order to access the external-HDD

can you confirm that windows 10 latest update support FAT32 external usb drives?

 

Seagate 2TB External HDD

Hi,



Yes, it worked before. There is no error messages. Tried uninstalling the driver, does the same and used different usb ports plugged it into a friends laptop, it opened immediately. So, it is not the external HDD or some of the stuff on it.



My internal HDD has only about 50 Gig available. My computer is 7 years old. I7 870, 6 Gig ram. I uninstalled some programs that I thought, might cause the problem, it did not work. I am going to uninstall some games to get more space on HDD
and see if it will work.



Thanks



D.P. du Plessis

 

Windows 10 Backup does not recognize Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB External Drive

I did a test on my own computer and also a virtual machine, it turns out that the File History Service seems does no matter to the Backup feature, for my computer, this service is stopped by default and I can see my external HDD in the Windows Backup drive
list.

So I'll suggest trying to update your Seagate HDD's driver and update Windows 10 to the latest.