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A technician needs to install Windows 10 on a 4TB hard drive, Which of the following should the technician perform to accomplish this task?
The correct answer is B. Configure the drive to use the GPT. MBR partitioning is limited to 2TB, so a 4TB drive must be configured with GPT to allow Windows 10 installation to use the full capacity.
Question
A technician needs to install Windows 10 on a 4TB hard drive, Which of the following should the technician perform to accomplish this task?
Options
- AFormat the drive to use exFAT.
- BConfigure the drive to use the GPT.
- CConfigure the drive to use an MBR.
- DFormat the drive to use CDFS.
How the community answered
(40 responses)- B93% (37)
- C5% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
MBR partitioning is limited to 2TB, so a 4TB drive must be configured with GPT to allow Windows 10 installation to use the full capacity.
exFAT is a file system format designed for flash drives and external storage - it is not a partition table scheme and is not a supported format for a Windows OS installation volume.
GPT (GUID Partition Table) supports disk sizes up to 9.4 zettabytes and is required for any drive exceeding the 2TB MBR limit. Windows 10 fully supports booting from GPT-partitioned drives when the system uses UEFI firmware. Without GPT, a 4TB drive cannot be fully addressed or used as a Windows boot volume.
MBR (Master Boot Record) can only address up to 2TB of disk space, making it incapable of supporting the full 4TB capacity or functioning as the partition scheme for this installation.
CDFS (CD File System) is the file system used on optical media such as CDs and DVDs and cannot be used for hard drive partitioning or Windows OS installation.
Concept tested: GPT vs MBR partition table selection for large drives
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-and-gpt-faq
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