A user is attempting to format a 4 TB HDD using NTFS but only has the option to format the disk with a size of approximately 2 TB.

What is the most likely reason the user is unable to format the disk to its full capacity?

a. The disk is using the MBR partitioning scheme.

b. The disk is using the GUID partitioning scheme.

c. NTFS only supports up to 2.2 TB volume sizes.

d. The user chose a primary partition instead of extended partition.

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Jaydin Tate

7 November, 07:48

A user is attempting to format a 4 TB HDD using NTFS but only has the option to format the disk with a size of approximately 2 TB.

What is the most likely reason the user is unable to format the disk to its full capacity?

a. The disk is using the MBR partitioning scheme.

b. The disk is using the GUID partitioning scheme.

c. NTFS only supports up to 2.2 TB volume sizes.

d. The user chose a primary partition instead of extended partition.

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Alonso Garcia · Answer 1

The correct option is option A.

Explanation:

The MBR (master boot record) partitioning scheme maximum partition size is 2 TB.

This limit occurs because the locations were the partitions are stored, can be of a maximum of 4 bytes long, and because the disk works in hexadecimal, the max value it can store is all F's. Thus, we have that the maximum partition sector would be 4,294,967,295, and since each sector is limited to 512 bytes, this result in the partition being limited to only 2 TB.