“I have a desktop with Windows 7 64bit. The motherboard is a 'legacy' bios, not UEFI. So, I have only placed hard drives of 2TB or less into the desktop. Is it possible to use this external 8TB hard drive as storage and be able to 'see' the entire 8TB?”

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• Having a legacy BIOS instead of UEFI would only prevent you from booting from this drive. Windows 7 supports GPT and will recognize and utilize this entire drive as a data storage device, regardless of whether your system is legacy BIOS or UEFI.

  Answered by balazer 7 years ago

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• I don't see why not. I've never had any problem with doing such things.

  Answered by Leon 7 years ago

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• Win 7 64bit will format and see the entire 8TB less overhead.

  Answered by Johmil 7 years ago

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