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3 TB HDD now GPT, but still can't create simple volume over 1907600 MB
- Thread starter King Mustard
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I haven't formatted it yet as I want more than 2 TB, which is all it will allow.
I've installed the ASRock 3TB+ Unlocker Utility but nothing appears to have changed?
EDIT: Restarting the computer fixed it.
- Mar 17, 2010
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Nope, the Unlocker worked perfectly
Disk Management is now reporting 2861459 MB.
Now I need to decide whether to go for NTFS or exFAT.
ISTM that Unlocker's apparent success may have been a coincidence. The marketing blurb states that "the fantastic 3TB+ Unlocker tool offers a tweak-friendly feature, breaking the limitation of 32-bit operation system that could only detect the hard disk within 2048GB. "
This suggests that Unlocker is designed to circumvent the 32-bit LBA limitation of your OS. Notice that 2048GB = 2TiB, not 2TB. The latter is a BIOS bug.
Sometimes the 2TB bug can be automatically repaired simply by changing the boot order in BIOS.
This suggests that Unlocker is designed to circumvent the 32-bit LBA limitation of your OS. Notice that 2048GB = 2TiB, not 2TB. The latter is a BIOS bug.
Sometimes the 2TB bug can be automatically repaired simply by changing the boot order in BIOS.
photonboy
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When I installed my 3TB drive I did it something like THIS:
1. Computer Management-> Disk Management
2. right-click the unallocated space on the 3TB drive and "Create new Volume"
3. The drive should then show 2794GB approximately and HEALTHY.
I forget if it asked if it was to be MBR or GPT or if it even asked but I had no issues (GPT if asked I believe). You can't FORMAT a drive unless the Volume is created first, though it is formatted as part of creating the Volume.
*So where in the above process does the problem occur?
I always do a FULL FORMAT on any new hard drive after the Volume has been created to build up the bad sector table. It will take perhaps 12 hours or so I think.
(If the drive already has a volume and doesn't show unallocated space, then right-click and DELETE any volume present and repeat my steps.)
1. Computer Management-> Disk Management
2. right-click the unallocated space on the 3TB drive and "Create new Volume"
3. The drive should then show 2794GB approximately and HEALTHY.
I forget if it asked if it was to be MBR or GPT or if it even asked but I had no issues (GPT if asked I believe). You can't FORMAT a drive unless the Volume is created first, though it is formatted as part of creating the Volume.
*So where in the above process does the problem occur?
I always do a FULL FORMAT on any new hard drive after the Volume has been created to build up the bad sector table. It will take perhaps 12 hours or so I think.
(If the drive already has a volume and doesn't show unallocated space, then right-click and DELETE any volume present and repeat my steps.)
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