The Bootcamp I have installed on my iMAC won't address a hard drive larger than 2.5 TB. Is there a newer version that will or some other similar program that I can use on the iMAC in both MAC and PC modes?
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010)
Hey t loner... i got a very
Important question... im cloning my windows 7 into the external hdd. My imac is a late 2010 21inch imac. Does 1TB on MBR format and NTFS support it? Being a 32 bit cloning from a windows pc? Is it possible for the imac to boot the MBR NTFS 1TB clone from windows 7? I did alot of research but i made it into efi before. But whenever i was in the boot screen, i clicked the efi booter and it got frozen on GPT. So my question is.. if its MASTER BOOT RECORD. Will it work on the imac natively? Or will it freeze like GPT? I tried all GPT Features on the 1TB and windows 8.1 and 10 got problems because the system kept saying i had to be on windows 7. (When installing the setup of the bootcamp) so its stressful when it comes to MBR & GPT
Your 2010 iMac supports a BIOS/MBR installation of Windows. A BIOS/MBR is limited to 2.2TiB. If you get a newer Late 2013 o relater model, it can install in EFI mode, which will allow a larger 16TB (or more) disk to be addressed. On your Mac, if you try the EFI installation, some other functions/features do not work.
Thanks for your reply.
Are you saying I need to get a later iMac?
A single disk using BIOS/MBR in Bootcamp on your model cannot be larger than 2.2TiB. However, multiple disks can be used if you need the diskspace, including external disks.
So it's no good just partitioning the 4 TB into two 2 TB partitions because Bootcamp still only sees the one physical drive?
If you divide a 4TB physical disk into 2 x 2TB, Bootcamp can be installed on the first 2TB chunk or can span them but the size cannot exceed 2TB. If you can explain in a bit more detail, it may be possible to explore other options.
NO, I wanted to use the 4 TB strictly for data. Is there a program similar to Bootcamp that will address the larger drive on my iMac?
Is this an external disk or an internal disk?
External.
If it is the disk on which BC/Windows is not installed, it can be supported. What is the format/partition scheme of the disk? Do not use FAT, because it does not support more than 2TB. Try to format it as NTFS on a GPT disk.
From the OS X side, connect this disk to your Mac, and in OS X Terminal run the following two commands.
diskutil list
diskutil info diskN (N should point to the 4TB disk obtained from the previous command)
Can you start a new discussion and post the details of the source and cloned disks? Your issue seems more involved than addressing a larger disk size.
Hey whats up!!! Thanks for ur help anyways i wanted to let u know i already made the thread so u can check it out! Is under the category of BOOT CAMP
Bootcamp won't address my 4TB hard drive.
