Windows Server 2012 2TB drive limit on 3TB drive – UEFI, GUID

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We've got a Dell Poweredge T410, and have upgraded to two raided 3TB hard drives, and Windows Server 2012 Standard. The drive is only showing as 2TB, and I can't see why. We're using UEFI and GUID partition table.

Are additional drivers needed? Or could my hardware (the one that came with the system) be affecting this?

Thanks,

David

Best Answer

It's probably due to the RAID adapter, Windows is able to use 3TB drives just fine.

The real problem used to be booting from drives bigger than 2.2TB on non EFI systems