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UEFI BIOS Update Needed for e9250t

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‎02-29-2012 11:38 PM - edited ‎02-29-2012 11:48 PM

I have an HP Pavilion Elite Desktop with an MSI MS-7613 (Indio) motherboard and Windows 7.  I have a 3TB Seagate hard drive which I would like to use as a replacement for my existing 1TB hard drive.  I know that Windows 7 can support it as a data (slave) drive - I have successfully installed it as such.  However, I would like to replace the boot drive (i.e. the 1TB Seagate that shipped with my PC) and install a 3TB boot drive.  The issue clearly is that the PC does not have a UEFI BIOS.  I have been searching the web for a BIOS update, but I have not found anything.  I tried MSI's website, but they will not offer because I did not purchase the motherboard as a retail item from MSI (it came installed on my e9250t.  I was successful in getting the drive to boot using Seagate's DiscWizard program, but only if I partition the hard drive and mount anything over the 2.2TB capacity of the current BIOS as a virtual drive. Not the ideal solution.  Can someone out there help? Does anyone have a UEFI BIOS update for this motherboard? Perhaps someone at HP can respond with an update?? I am tempted to never buy an HP machine again given this limitation.  It is crippling when you are faced with a business that needs as much local hard drive storage space as I do.  Any help would be appreciated!

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‎03-01-2012 08:42 AM - edited ‎03-01-2012 03:15 PM

Hi,

 

There are three pieces of technology that are need to natively support a 3TB hard drive.

 

  1. Windows 7 64 bit (also VISTA 64 bit)
  2. UEFI bios
  3. GPT formatted hard drive.

This article will provide background information.

 

Don't expect HP to release UEFI bios for your PC.  A differnet motherboard would solve the problem.

 

This article from Hitachi will also provide you with background information on how to exceed the 2.2TB limitation.  I have never tried this approach for RAID using two hard drives over 2.2 TB as a boot configuration.

 

Another thought is to try a PCI-E sata card.  Some can get around the 2.2TB limit and some will work as boot devices.  The reviews are mixed.

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