Windows 10: Need help with Disk Management - Windows 10 Pro / 2TB Limitations

Dear Forum,
Seeking help to create a simple disk drive or create an extended volume, My 1TB SATA dik drive crashed and I installed a New Toshiba 5TB SATA drive. Performed a clean install of Windows 10 Pro / 32 Bit version / Primary disk drive partition/volume @2TB, but cant seem to allocate any of the remaining space. Any suggestions?

Thank You in advance,
John

:)

 

Windows 10 versions CPU limits

Memory limit update:

Version
Limit on X86
Limit on X64

Windows 10 Enterprise

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Education

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Pro

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Home

4 GB

128GB

 

What's the maximum RAM support for Windows 10 Home Edition and Professional OS

Physical Memory Limits: Windows 10
The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 10.

Version
Limit on X86
Limit on X64

Windows 10 Enterprise

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Education

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Pro

4 GB

2TB

Windows 10 Home

4 GB

128GB

Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases (Windows)

 

You installed Windows OS using MBR partition scheme. For MBR disk, it can only see 2TB max. To use full 5GB, you need to initialize the disk as GPT.

More info: Whats the difference between MBR and GPT? - Hard Drives - Storage

 

Thanks for the quick response topgundcp, I never saw the option allowing me to set drive as GPT. If I'm at 2TB are you aware of anything I can do to either convert to GPT? Or am I just at the 2TB limit?

 

You need to find out if your HP touchmart supports UEFI option to install Windows using UEFI (GPT partition scheme). For data disk (Non OS), you can intitialize it as GPT disk to use the whole 5TB.
More info: Whats the difference between MBR and GPT? - Hard Drives - Storage

 

I'll contact HP Support and see if there is anything I can do without risking data loss, Thanks for the feedback

 

Since you installed Win10 32Bit, your PC can only use 4GB RAM max. and you have 6GB RAM in your PC, wasting 2GB. In addition, UEFI is only available with 64Bit except for notebook.

 

Topgundcp, I'm in San Jose as well mate, I'm wondering if I should just blast the current install and start from ground zero?

 

If I were you. Here's what I'd do.
Go to Fries and get a 120GB SSD, install Windows 64 bit on it so you'll have full use of 6GB RAM(don't need whole lot of space to install Windows 10 x64 and does not matter if install using MBR or GPT). The price for a SSD is around $40~$60 depending on what brand you get. The performance is way faster than a 5TB HD plus it's lot safer to separate Win 10 OS and data. Initialize the 5TB as GPT for data storage.

 

I only have the ability to install 1 SATA drive, its one of those All-In-One touch computers

 

I get what your saying tho, I could return this disk drive and get a 2TB drive if need be (worse case)

 

I know. You can use the USB port for 5TB as an external HD for data storage. If money is not the problem, get a 250GB SSD (~$99 for Samsung SSD). You'd be surprised how much faster your PC will run.

 

Use diskpart to convert the HD to gpt
Atthe DISKPART prompt,type convert gpt.

If you're not bothered about losing the information on the HDD then follow the info here:

• Go to DOS command line (click on "Start Menu", then "Run", type in "cmd" in textbox, and hit "OK")
  • Type in "DiskPart" in command line.
  • Type in "list disk" in command line to show all disks in this machine.
  • Use "select" to set the focus to the specified partition.
    For example "select disk 1".
  • Use "clean" command to remove MBR disk from the current in-focus disk by zeroing sectors.
  • Go back to Disk Management, you can see disk is "Not Initialized" now.
  • Within Disk Management, right click on disk info, choose "Initialize Disk", You can see disk is "Unallocated" now.
  • Right click on disk info, choose "New Partition…", follow Partition Wizard and format it.

 

I'm gonna chime in too. Like a few above the posters above said. 32 Bit system in this day and age is like wow. Its an arcane system and most people 1-2 years ago were suprised Microsoft even provided 32 bit support for Win 10. You can get a small SSD for $50 if need be and get a 64 bit version of Windows.

With my opinion thrown out there I just wanted to post this info. Check with HP or whatever means of verifying you have a updated BIOS. This is crucial since you probaly don't have the newest system. I know a Dell laptop for example made in 2012 had 3 BIOS updates to date. So makes sure that part is good to go. Every systems UEFI is setup kinda different so dive into the settings. For me to partition and clean install all I have to do is make sure safe boot is enabled and use Rufus to make a bootable ISO with a GPT partition rather than the other options. This way you can format your HD in the windows 10 clean install setup prior to the actual OS install. Again I don't own your PC or know exactly how old it is and so on. 2010 most all systems support GPT. It basically makes 4 partitions automatically. Formats the hard drive and than installs windows