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4TB HDD Windows 7
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Internal or external?
A lot of externals are configured to report back 4K physical / 4K logical sectors as a result they do not have the need to partition using GPT since they have 1/8 the sectors and that number can fit in a 32 bit integer.
Although with that said in either case I would still use a GPT partition. Disk manager should at least give you the option to create a GPT partition.
My second recommendation is to do a full format looking at the SMART data with CrystalDiskInfo after the format. You will be surprised how many drives are DOA.
A lot of externals are configured to report back 4K physical / 4K logical sectors as a result they do not have the need to partition using GPT since they have 1/8 the sectors and that number can fit in a 32 bit integer.
Although with that said in either case I would still use a GPT partition. Disk manager should at least give you the option to create a GPT partition.
My second recommendation is to do a full format looking at the SMART data with CrystalDiskInfo after the format. You will be surprised how many drives are DOA.
Even if it's a data disk and not a boot disk, I would still format it as GPT for the advantages that it brings.