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02-10-2013, 07:18 PM
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3 TB HD problem
I bought a 3 TB HD and installed it into my computer but only can use 1.99 TB and 742 GB is unallocated and I can't get it to do anything. Is it a motherboard problem? Motherboard and processor is in my sig. Thanks
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02-10-2013, 07:35 PM
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Is this a data drive or OS drive?
info: http://en.community.dell.com/techcen...wiki/2838.aspx
Go to Disk Management > select 3TB HD > partition as GPT partition
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02-10-2013, 07:57 PM
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Data drive
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02-10-2013, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by spinejam
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I can't get that to be one of the options.
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02-11-2013, 12:46 AM
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Either reformat the HD, or just make multiple partitions.
IMO, multiple partitions is much better on a big drive, so you can back everything up much easier / faster.
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02-11-2013, 02:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elixer
Either reformat the HD, or just make multiple partitions.
IMO, multiple partitions is much better on a big drive, so you can back everything up much easier / faster.
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How is it either faster or easier?
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02-11-2013, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dawp
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I've got the latest bios and drivers. In disk management, the unallocated partitions is grayed out and I can't even partition it or reformat it.
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02-11-2013, 07:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by irse
I've got the latest bios and drivers. In disk management, the unallocated partitions is grayed out and I can't even partition it or reformat it.
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You need to remove ALL partitions before you can convert it... 
Right click on disk -> Convert to GPT-disk
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02-11-2013, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Insert_Nickname
You need to remove ALL partitions before you can convert it...
Right click on disk -> Convert to GPT-disk |
Thanks, I'll try that tonight. Backing up all my videos on the drive.
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02-11-2013, 11:49 AM
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Worked just fine. Thanks
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02-11-2013, 04:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carson Dyle
How is it either faster or easier?
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If you have multiple partitions, it takes much less time to backup the actively used partition, than it does the whole HD.
ie, game partition, data partition, and apps partition, while you wouldn't really care about the games or apps, since you can install those again without too much trouble, the data partition is where you actively use/store things, so it would take much less time to backup that partition than doing the whole drive.
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02-11-2013, 05:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elixer
If you have multiple partitions, it takes much less time to backup the actively used partition, than it does the whole HD.
ie, game partition, data partition, and apps partition, while you wouldn't really care about the games or apps, since you can install those again without too much trouble, the data partition is where you actively use/store things, so it would take much less time to backup that partition than doing the whole drive.
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I still don't understand. Unless you're talking about using imaging to do backups. If you have 1/4 TB of files to backup, whether they're spread across one or five partitions, it should take about the same time.
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02-11-2013, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elixer
Either reformat the HD, or just make multiple partitions.
IMO, multiple partitions is much better on a big drive, so you can back everything up much easier / faster.
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What makes it faster or easier?
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02-11-2013, 11:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carson Dyle
I still don't understand. Unless you're talking about using imaging to do backups. If you have 1/4 TB of files to backup, whether they're spread across one or five partitions, it should take about the same time.
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Yeah, images, should have clarified.
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02-12-2013, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elixer
If you have multiple partitions, it takes much less time to backup the actively used partition, than it does the whole HD.
ie, game partition, data partition, and apps partition, while you wouldn't really care about the games or apps, since you can install those again without too much trouble, the data partition is where you actively use/store things, so it would take much less time to backup that partition than doing the whole drive.
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How you organize your drives is up to you, moving x amount of data is still moving x amount of data.
The only drives I have with multiple partitions are my boot drives. My data drives are one big partition. I have 2TB and 1.5TB data drives.
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