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‎05-04-2017 09:03 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion Elite HPE-210f
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have an HP Pavilion Elite HPE-210f Desktop PC that I want to add a second hard drive to.  It has a H-RS880-uATX (Aloe) motherboard and I need to know what the largest size drive I can add is.

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‎05-04-2017 09:09 PM

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@jedkev, welcome to the forum.

 

The maximum size of a single hard drive with Win 7 is 2 TB.  The only way to use a larger drive is to partition the drive with GPT partitions.  This requires UEFI in the motherboard.  HP didn't begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



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‎05-04-2017 09:09 PM

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@jedkev, welcome to the forum.

 

The maximum size of a single hard drive with Win 7 is 2 TB.  The only way to use a larger drive is to partition the drive with GPT partitions.  This requires UEFI in the motherboard.  HP didn't begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!
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