- Jan 24, 2013
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Hi
I did WRITE test by HDSentinel for 8TB HDD. Test destroyed existing partition and now I am trying to create a new partition, but hard drive looks strange in many partition tools. No bad or weak sectors.
Aomei shows one whole stretch of unallocated space and when I tried to create new partition, Aomei allows only 2TB partition to be created, leaving the rest of hard drive as unallocated. It doesn't allow to increase partition size.
I tried EaseUS Partition Master Personal - almost the same results, but EaseUS shows MBR partition as well, but can not do anything else, but to create only 2TB partition (out of 8TB space).
Win 8.1 Disk Management shows 2 RAW partitions, one 2TB and the other 6TB (it is not exactly 6TB, but I am rounding up for the simplicity of conversation).
What is going on, how to make hard drive come back to normal state with only one partition?
Right now I decided to wipe HDD with Aomei 1 pass, will take time. Hopefully it will overwrite/wipe MBR as well, as I am trying to return disk to pre-sale condition and allocate as GPT with only one partition.
Any suggestions appreciated (remember Aomei wipe is in progress, so I can not do much with the drive right now, just gathering info for next steps).
Thanks in advance.
I did WRITE test by HDSentinel for 8TB HDD. Test destroyed existing partition and now I am trying to create a new partition, but hard drive looks strange in many partition tools. No bad or weak sectors.
Aomei shows one whole stretch of unallocated space and when I tried to create new partition, Aomei allows only 2TB partition to be created, leaving the rest of hard drive as unallocated. It doesn't allow to increase partition size.
I tried EaseUS Partition Master Personal - almost the same results, but EaseUS shows MBR partition as well, but can not do anything else, but to create only 2TB partition (out of 8TB space).
Win 8.1 Disk Management shows 2 RAW partitions, one 2TB and the other 6TB (it is not exactly 6TB, but I am rounding up for the simplicity of conversation).
What is going on, how to make hard drive come back to normal state with only one partition?
Right now I decided to wipe HDD with Aomei 1 pass, will take time. Hopefully it will overwrite/wipe MBR as well, as I am trying to return disk to pre-sale condition and allocate as GPT with only one partition.
Any suggestions appreciated (remember Aomei wipe is in progress, so I can not do much with the drive right now, just gathering info for next steps).
Thanks in advance.
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