3TB boot drive, can only use 2TB. Cannot allocate space?

I have bought Sabertooth x79 motherboard, I installed 3 tb seagate drive in it, i was trying to install windows 7 64 bit on that drive but when i partition it there is 746.5 gb space is left unallocated, that space is useless even after complete windows
isntallation.
I have tried on uefi only, uefi and legacy and legacy only but it didn't workout.
I was doing partition after converting hdd to gpt.
Thankyou in advance for your help

You must be using the UEFI mode of the system configuration BIOS.
The HDD must be a GPT disk, MBR is limited to the 2tb.
See info @
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1923415/install-windows-3tb-4tb-larger-hdd.html for the procedure. There are many more examples on the internet. Just search for
Install Windows on 3TB hard drive
You must also install from the DVD unless you do a special configuration of the USB Flash Drive for UEFI installation. See info @
http://blogs.technet.com/b/home_is_where_i_lay_my_head/archive/2012/10/02/how-to-install-windows-7-or-8-from-usb-using-uefi.aspx
You can also search the Microsoft website for links on install windows on 3tb hdd.
When I installed mine I let the Windows installation program do all the partitioning.
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