3TB issues?

Relyt · Dec 3, 2012

I've got a buddy's rig that's having issues with a 3tb HDD. It detects all 3tb in the bios so there's no issues there. What we're trying to do is get it into two 1.5 partitions and instead he's got three (1.47tb, 746gb,583gb). None of which are loaded with an OS, strictly for storage. Any ideas on how to get it down to two partitions guys?

BarbaricSoul · Dec 3, 2012

delete the 746gb and 583gb partitions and reformat them into one partition.

Relyt · Dec 3, 2012

Can this be done through windows directly or or does it have to be done else where (os disk or otherwise)?

BarbaricSoul · Dec 3, 2012

Relyt said:
Can this be done through windows directly or or does it have to be done else where (os disk or otherwise)?

persoanlly I would do it with the OS disk as that's what I'm familar with, but I do think it can be done in windows.

Control Panel-System and Security-Administrative Tools- Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions

I don't have a available hard drive to try it out with, but it looks like it can be done.

newtekie1 · Dec 3, 2012

The easiest way is to use Disk Management in Windows to do this.

Relyt · Dec 3, 2012

Formating in GPT solved the issue, thanks for all the help guys!

System Name	V
Processor	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 Plus w/ 2 Antec Red LED 120mm Tricool fans
Memory	16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ares 1866mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 480
Storage	Monster Daytona 90GB SSD (OS) WD Caviar Black 1TB (storage)
Display(s)	Panasonic 42" and Hanns-G 28"
Case	CM HAF 922XM
Audio Device(s)	SB X-Fi Xtreme Fatality Edition
Power Supply	Ultra X-3 1KW
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

System Name	V
Processor	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 Plus w/ 2 Antec Red LED 120mm Tricool fans
Memory	16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ares 1866mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 480
Storage	Monster Daytona 90GB SSD (OS) WD Caviar Black 1TB (storage)
Display(s)	Panasonic 42" and Hanns-G 28"
Case	CM HAF 922XM
Audio Device(s)	SB X-Fi Xtreme Fatality Edition
Power Supply	Ultra X-3 1KW
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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