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How can I get Bootcamp on a 4 TB Drive?

I have seen a number of older threads on this subject,but thought I'd see if there is any new information about it.

I have a 27" iMac, late 2013 I believe. It came with a 3 tb drive that I had a Bootcamp Partition. Well, the drive dies and I had a 4 tb drive installed and now Bootcamp will not partition the disk. Is there still a disk size limitation for Bootcamp? IF so, Is there a simple workaround for getting Windows installed on my Mac. This is my office and I need Windows as we

Posted on Nov 10, 2017 11:59 PM

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Nov 11, 2017 2:37 AM in response to EB Writer

windows does not support being installed on what it view as external storage

and bootcamp don't officially support it

you can use a virtual machine where you of cause device where the location of the virtual hard disk is placed

oracle has a free virtual machine called virtualbox

or you can attempt to use ninja tricks to trick bootcamp and windows

How to run Boot Camp on External Hard Drive?

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Nov 11, 2017 7:34 AM in response to EB Writer

See if this thread from the Bootcamp forum helps Bootcamp Partition Size Issue

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EB Writer Author

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Nov 11, 2017 6:39 AM in response to Rudegar

Thanks Rudegear. Are you saying that Bootcamp sees my internal 4 TB drive as an external drive?

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How can I get Bootcamp on a 4 TB Drive?

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