Toshiba 3TB GPT Partitioned & Fat32

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Big_Al_C

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Hi, I run Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit

with a ASRock P67 PRO3 (B3) MoBo

that has a UEFI BIOS.


I have EaseUS Partition Master Pro v9.2.2

and EaseUS Partition Wizard Home v8.1.1

as well as Acronis Disk Director 11 Home Build 11.0.2121


My C, D and E partitions are on a 120 GB NTFS SSD with an MBR.

I installed Windows 7 on a pre-partitioned SSD so no hidden

"System Partition".


I'm getting a Toshiba PH3300U-1I72 3TB HDD that will

have to be GPT Partitioned to get the full 3TBs.


It will be used as storage on partitions "F" thru "M".


F will be 2.637 TB's Set As Fat32

G will be 1 GB's Set As Fat32

H will be 5 GB's Set As Fat32

I will be 4 GB's Set As NTFS

J will be 30 GB's Set As Fat32

K will be 20 GB's Set As Fat32

L will be 46 GB's Set As Fat32

M will be 46 GB's Set As Fat32


My question: Can my Toshiba 3TB be partitioned as above?

Thanks in advance for any help you can be.

Big Al
 
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Phillip Corcoran
If it's a GPT disk, yes. There's no requirement to create an extended partition as you have to do with an MBR disk when you want more than four partitions on it.

However, I do think eight partitions is excessive even for a 3TB drive.
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Big_Al_C

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OK guys, course is changing a little:



I would make 5 partitions, 4 NTFS and one small FAT32.


I use Norton's Ghost weekly and it has issues with GPT.


I proceeded to contact various partitioning/cloning software

companies to see if their products could be used in place of

Ghost.


The partial exchange below is between TeraByte Unlimited and me:

TBU:

"If your new drive uses 4K sector sizes you
wouldn't need to have a GPT."

Me:

Please elaborate.

BTW, This is what my present Toshiba 2TB looks like:

http://i.technet.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC546236.jpg


TBU:

If you expose the 4K sector size and not the emulated

normal 512 byte sector size, you can use an MBR and

use the entire space (up to 16TiB).

0xFFFFFFFF*512=2,199,023,255,040
0xFFFFFFFF*4096=17,592,186,040,320


Me:

With what software and what is the procedure to go about

doing this?

Can it be done via a Bootable CD or must it be done in Windows

with just my SSD and empty 3TB connected?


TBU:

It would be a drive feature/option, typically using
a jumper. The BIOS would also have to support the larger
sizes too so it doesn't crash reading larger sectors, a
modern BIOS should be able to handle it.


My hunt for answers from Toshiba is a lost cause as their

support is a TOTAL joke and does NOT offer E-Mail support.

So, I'm here to find out if this "exposing the 4K sector size" can,

indeed, be done to my PH3300U-1I72, and if so, EXACTLY how to go

about doing it.

Also, are there any shortcomings to having the Toshiba "exposing

the 4K sector size" using 5 partitions, 4 NTFS and one small FAT32?


Big Al
 
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