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August 4th, 2024 15:04
Adding a new internal hard drive 3.5" 10TB as secondary slave to storage data on Dell Vostro 470.
Hello Everyone,
I'm planning to add a new internal hard drive 3.5" 10TB SATA on my computer Dell Vostro 470 as slave to storage data such as videos, photos, documents, files etc. and I was wondering if the motherboard of my computer will recognize this new internal hard drive 3.5" 10TB SATA?
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redxps630
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August 4th, 2024 22:07
yes it will. make sure your pc bios>sata operation is set to be AHCI and not RAID. you might need to initialize the new hdd (create new GPT partition) then format it (NTFS) in disk management of Windows if it were currently blank having no partition.
this user validated 2x6 TB in V470. there is no max HDD.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/54406511
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clintonsnow
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August 5th, 2024 00:56
@redxps630 Thank you for the information.
The primary (Master) Seagate internal hard drive 3.5" 3TB has been working fine with windows 10 on my computer since a long time ago and I never had any issue.
Remember the secondary internal hard drive 3.5" 10TB SATA is only for storage data.
could you please explain to me with more details about the information on this link?
I didn't understand too much the information on this link you posted here:
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/54406511
I have one more question for you:
Even if the hard drive is brand new, do I have to create a new GPT partition and then format it (NTFS) in disk management of Windows?
redxps630
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August 5th, 2024 01:50
The link just shows high capacity hdd is fine w V470. No need to look too closely.
a brand new hdd is often “unallocated” which means it has no partition. In that case you need to create a single new partition in it followed by format, before the hdd can show up in Windows.
BIOS will be able to detect a brand new hdd without partition b/c it uses machine language to read the hdd firmware level spec.