Does the 2 terabyte limit for MBR apply to a partition or the entire disk?

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This is really unclear from what I read. I have a 3TB secondary hard drive, but I want to install Windows 7 on that (for dual boot). I have an old BIOS so UEFI is not an option. I understand MBR only allows 2TB for boot partitions. So can I create a 2TB partition to install windows on and another 1TB for the rest of the data? All this using MBR?

I haven't tried it yet, because the disk is full of data, Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '16 at 01:51

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Entire disk.

You cant get the full capacity of a larger disk using MBR, the partitioning and does not allow for it.

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Does the 2 terabyte limit for MBR apply to a partition or the entire disk?

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