Windows 10: Should 2 TB folder have a second partition?

Discus and support Should 2 TB folder have a second partition? in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; So I upgraded to a 2 TB drive and cloned the old drive. The old drive looked like the attached below--it had the FAT32, and unformatted Primary very... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by ccmulder, Apr 2, 2023.

  1. CCMULDER
    ccmulder Win User

    Should 2 TB folder have a second partition?


    So I upgraded to a 2 TB drive and cloned the old drive. The old drive looked like the attached below--it had the FAT32, and unformatted Primary very small 16 MB, and NTFS Primary which was the main "C" drive and a second NTFS Primary labeled "Windows RE Tools None. When I cloned it and placed it back into the computer it then only recognized half the drive. I used Acronis to merge that RE Tools Partition into the other so now it looks like the second screenshot.First--what was that "RE Tools" Partition?Second--should I have a second partition? I know in prior versions of Windows it wa

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    ccmulder, Apr 2, 2023
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  2. BRIAN1179
    brian1179 Win User

    partitioning 2 TB Hdd

    the last question i posted should be ignored, i mean to partition a 2 TB Hdd into 1 TB each but Windows 10 will not let me, why not
     
    brian1179, Apr 2, 2023
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  3. JROOTH6577
    jrooth6577 Win User
    large 4 tb drive but windows only recognizes 2 TB and the remainder in left in an unusable partition

    Trying to figure out a workaround to utilize the second partition on my 4 TB drive. The drive shows an active partition of 2048 GB and an unallocated partition of 1678.02 GB. I cannot format, activate or do anything as all options presented when I right
    click are greyed out.

    I know this has to have been presented before and I am sorry for the redundant entry but I was unable to locate a listing or a search box.
     
    jrooth6577, Apr 2, 2023
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  4. DARRENIRVING1
    DarrenIrving1 Win User

    Should 2 TB folder have a second partition?

    large 4 tb drive but windows only recognizes 2 TB

    Trying to figure out a workaround to utilize the second partition on my 4 TB drive. The drive shows an active partition of 2048 GB and an unallocated partition of 1678 GB. I cannot format, activate or do anything as all options presented when I right click
    are greyed out.

    I know this has to have been presented before and I am sorry for the redundant entry but I was unable to locate a listing or a search box.
     
    DarrenIrving1, Apr 2, 2023
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