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jsleonard · ‎03-30-2020

Second drive, a 10TB Western Digital, does not show up in BIOS. Is there a size limit?

Is there a drive compatibility list? Thanks

Thanks for the responses. I should have mentioned that I'm a tech with over 30 years experience. The drive was initialized and works in a Lenovo M93p, which is older than the HP Envy Desktop, 750-124, and the power supply was upgraded to 750W, so it's not a power issue. I can see 3TB WD Red NAS drives in BIOS, but the 10TB doesn't show up, so I was looking for a compatibility guide or BIOS update to see what the largest compatible drive is. Thanks.

Prométhée · ‎03-31-2020

Hello
The size limitations are less important than before, but it is likely!
There is no complete list of compatible hard drives, only some indications of other models installed in the same series, of computer, but it does not go up to 10 TB it seems to me!
Did you check in disk management if not present either?

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Prométhée · ‎03-31-2020

Hello
The size limitations are less important than before, but it is likely!
There is no complete list of compatible hard drives, only some indications of other models installed in the same series, of computer, but it does not go up to 10 TB it seems to me!
Did you check in disk management if not present either?

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wb2001 · ‎03-31-2020

@Prométhée

You got it! 😁

"When a hard drive is not initialized, you cannot save data on it. And BIOS cannot recognize the hard drive. This issue often happens to a new hard drive".

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