Largest capacity external drive?

[gramps]

What is the largest capacity external (USB Dock) HDD that my Win 10 laptop will be able to use?

 

[sbowler579]

Is there a limit ? I would think the largest you can afford, 1 or 2TB

 

[gramps]

Is there a limit ? I would think the largest you can afford, 1 or 2TB

I know there used to be, I don't know about now ... I've seen up to around 10TB for sale.

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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I just renewed 8 drives and I got 5TB each… plenty for me!

 

[neil_g]

limited by NTFS file system to 16 Exabytes.

2.2Gb limit on boot drives unless formated as GPT (if you bios allows boot from GPT).

 

[Keith W]

2.2Gb limit on boot drives

?

 

[gramps]

limited by NTFS file system to 16 Exabytes.

That should do then ta.

 

[PaulButler]

If it is a single disk you are after in a USB enclosure the biggest disk I've seen recently is 8TB ... fit one of those is a USB 3 enclosure and you'll be good to go. Win 10 (64 bit ver) will be able to use all of that without issue.

 

[neil_g]

?

!

 

[Keith W]

!

2.2Gb limit on boot drives

Sorry Neil

Was wondering how you came to the conclusion boot drives were limited to just 2.2Gb?

 

[neil_g]

Sorry Neil

Was wondering how you came to the conclusion boot drives were limited to just 2.2Gb?

Because I'm an.idiot that.wrote 2gb rather than.2tb?

 

[Keith W]

Because I'm an.idiot that.wrote 2gb rather than.2tb?

I did wonder

A simple mistake

 

[Mr Bump]

biggest you can get is supported

limited by NTFS file system to 16 Exabytes.

2.2Gb limit on boot drives unless formated as GPT (if you bios allows boot from GPT).

what he said.
just remember all eggs in one basket = lots of eggs to pop