Maximum hdd drive supported by sabertooth x99 / win10

ChrisLandin · 20 Mar 2016 at 10:59

Hi guys.
Ive mislaid my mobo booklet and would like to know the max hdd drive supported by my mobo.

I would just search for it put a lot of content is locked down on works pc and my phone signal is poor today for some strange reason.

Cheers

Dirk Diggler · 20 Mar 2016 at 11:13

Is there a maximum? Windows will not see anything above 2TB but that's easily fixed by converting to GPT. I don't think your mobo will have a maximum.

ChrisLandin · 20 Mar 2016 at 11:25

Ah right. Thanks String.

Reasons for asking the question is we are collating all our photos and music. Weve loads, mainly pics to be fair that we want to keep for sentimental reasons etc ( kids growing up, holidays etc )

So basically I would be fine getting hold of a couple of 4tb drives and just partitioning them I into 2tb size?

Dirk Diggler · 20 Mar 2016 at 11:38

ChrisLandin said:
Ah right. Thanks String.

Reasons for asking the question is we are collating all our photos and music. Weve loads, mainly pics to be fair that we want to keep for sentimental reasons etc ( kids growing up, holidays etc )

So basically I would be fine getting hold of a couple of 4tb drives and just partitioning them I into 2tb size?

You wouldn't need to partition. Just go into disk manager, right click on the drive and select "convert to GPT". Windows will then see the full 4TB.

ChrisLandin · 20 Mar 2016 at 13:06

Ok ta.

What is GPT by the way?

Dirk Diggler · 20 Mar 2016 at 16:06

As far as I know, it's a partition system that's required for disks over 2TB on a UEFI system.

flowrider99 · 20 Mar 2016 at 17:06

You could just count the number of SATA ports on the motherboard