Hard drives greater than 2 TB do not work on existing operating systems
External USB, eSATA, Firewire, and internal hard drives over 2 TB’s cannot be formatted on Windows 32-bit operating systems using the Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme. As a result, when you connect drives over 2 TB’s, depending on which interface you are using to connect them to the computer, they may not be recognized at all, they may be only partially recognized, or they may be recognized but you can’t access them. Other issues such as the system locking up or the computer not being able to boot may also occur.
Cause:
This not an external or internal hard drive issue. It is a 2 TB volume limitation caused by the Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning…


