Yo please help me with this 3tb drive.

pscowboy said:

My apologies; instructions were for the older version in my library of tech discs.

Go to Device tab - Create Partition Table - Advanced - click down arrow - choose GPT.

I just did that and nothing changed

Making the assumption that GPartEd did the partition table work (10-15 minutes), I've got nothing else to offer to resurrect you're h/d to 3tb.

If nobody else comes on board to try to fix this, RMA it. When you get the replacement, run Gparted to get the GPT; then reboot and initialize it & format it in Disk Management.

By the way, you never answered Doc Brown's question about your BIOS seeing the 3tb as 3tb when you first boot up with it attached to the pc.

pscowboy said:

Making the assumption that GPartEd did the partition table work (10-15 minutes), I've got nothing else to offer to resurrect you're h/d to 3tb.

If nobody else comes on board to try to fix this, RMA it. When you get the replacement, run Gparted to get the GPT; then reboot and initialize it & format it in Disk Management.

By the way, you never answered Doc Brown's question about your BIOS seeing the 3tb as 3tb when you first boot up with it attached to the pc.

what do you mean when my bios sees it?

Tap the "hot" key (usually Del, Esc, F2,) to enter BIOS when you're first booting up. The first page usually lists the h/d's. What does it say about the 3tb size?

It would be helpful if you filled in your specs.

Check your mobo manufacturer's support site for a possible BIOS upgrade.

pscowboy said:

Tap the "hot" key (usually Del, Esc, F2,) to enter BIOS when you're first booting up. The first page usually lists the h/d's. What does it say about the 3tb size?

It would be helpful if you filled in your specs.

Check your mobo manufacturer's support site for a possible BIOS upgrade.

yeah it shows up as a device to boot from and stuff like that

and i think my motherboard is Intel P67 Express Chipset.

i took it out of this computer Newegg.com - lenovo IdeaCentre K330 (7727-4FU) Desktop PC Intel Core i7 2600(3.40GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 1GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

pls halp