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    Having problems formatting a WD Red 3TB

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Geronemo, Oct 28, 2017.

  1. Geronemo

    Geronemo Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    So I I have a WD Red 3TB I pulled from an WD MyBookLive Enclosure.
    Upon connecting the drive to a USB 3 HDD Dock, I can see the drive in disk management.
    The Sabrent dock is running latest firmware and can recognize HDDs upto 8TB so no problem there.

    U can see from pics. it's appearing as Disk 5 with 2 un-allocated spaces.
    The one on left can have a New Simple Volume when i right click it. The options for the one on right are all greyed out.

    Any idea how I can combine these 2 un-allocated spaces and make them into single volume?

    Thanks
     

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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Basic discs can be only 2TB. Convert to GPT to access full space.
     
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    Geronemo,

    Borrow a desktop, use a Windows USB installer and format it at Windows Setup, Advanced. Make sure you pick the right drive. ;)

     
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    Thanks. Is there is difference formatting in Disk Management vs. while running windows setup?
     
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    Thanks a lot. I used Ease partition manager free version to convert it to GPT and it worked in like 1 min...lol :)
     
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    When you can't format in Disk Management (as in your situation - before you used the free partition manager) - doing it from an Windows install USB key will work. ;)

     
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    Will windows setup automatically create GPT discs out of 2TB+ sized drives? I don't see formatting being the problem but accessing full three terabytes as a single drive. Am I right?
     
    KLF, Oct 30, 2017
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