Windows 10: Replacing a 2TB HDD with a 4TB Drive - Would that create Win 10 Activation Problems?

CrystalDiskInfo is warning me that I should be thinking about replacing the 2Tb HDD in my Dell XPS 8900 with a new HDD. I am thinking about replacing it with a 4Tb drive. But I am concerned that Win 10 might interpret this as a configuration change of my PC which could cause problems with Windows activation.

I should also note that a couple of years ago I installed a new 500Gb SSD boot drive C: and repurposed the existing 256Gb SSD as a scratch disk for Photoshop, etc. it is now the B: drive.


My question is whether, taken together, all these changes would create problems with activation? In which case I would replace the old 2Tb drive with a new 2Tb drive and presumably not run into any problems.


Thanks,


David

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Windows 10 installation on 4tb hdd on GPT partition with UEFI mode system.

Original Title: windows 10 installation on 4tb hdd

Hello,

I have a new Seagate 4tb hdd and gigabyte H110M motherboard (UEFI) in a desktop computer. When I install windows 10 x64 it only shows up as 2tb. I have converted the hdd to gpt partitioning (as apparently this is what I need to do to show whole hdd) but
when I install win 10 it converts it back to mbr and still only shows it as 2tb. What do I need to do so windows installs in gpt format?

Thanks

Troy

 

Problems with 4TB HDD

I tried that, it allows to use only 2TB of drive. Other space remains unallocated and it doesn't allow to create another partition.

 

Problems with 4TB HDD

Only if booting from it otherwise you can use mbr on a 4tb for storage.