New hard drive issue...
Jul 9, 2016 10:50:42 #
TriX wrote:
Good luck with the reformat. I'm guessing that since the Seagate didn't require formatting, that it had already been partitioned and formatted (probably because it was an external drive which most people would expect to be "plug-and-play") while your new drive was not. I'm sure there are a large percentage of PC users who have never partitioned or formatted a drive, much less delved into the subtleties of MBR vs GUID 😀
You're probably right. I am holding off until I hear back from them about doing the reformat - just in case there is some magic bullet we can try first!
Jul 9, 2016 23:13:40 #
Bloke wrote:
... to the unallocated 350-some GB space, but it tells me that the target partition is not large enough...
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Your clue was in your post. The clue is the word "unallocated". Your whole hard drive has to be allocated in order for the computer to see it. When you use the partition software, it should show the whole hard drive including the partition with the partitions labeled as allocated and unallocated. You must select the unallocated part of the drive, give it a drive name or letter and format the partition. It's label should change from unallocated to allocated and you will be off to the races. I ran into this same problem about a month ago when I rebuilt my homebrew tower computer. If you have a linux machine or have a friend that has one, wire that hard drive into the linux machine and partition and allocate it there and then put it back into your computer. It is much easier and faster in linux and you can format to fat32 or ntfs either one. Have a GREAT DAY.
Jul 9, 2016 23:41:09 #
pixbyjnjphotos wrote:
Your clue was in your post. The clue is the word ... (show quote)
You're correct in that unallocated space becomes allocated when it is partitioned and formatted. The issue here is that the original partition and format was created using MBR, which has a 2TB partition limit which was used in the first partition. To remedy the problem and use the remaining (presently unallocated) space, the drive needs to be re-partitioned and the formatted using GUID which will support partitions larger than 2TB. Regarding the file system, not sure why you would want to accept the limitations of FAT32 instead of NTFS unless you wanted it for MAC and Windows read/write compatability (for relatively small files).
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