Hello gang help with 2nd 3tb Seagate spinner needed


  1. linnemeyerhere
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    Hello gang help with 2nd 3tb Seagate spinner needed


    So I'm upping my spinners from 1tb's to mostly 2 & 3tb drives. This is my 2nd Seagate 3tb Barracuda HDD and I'm unable to extend the partition for a full 3tb drive as my first Seagate shown is.....any help would be greatly appreciated !

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  3. whs
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    Change the 3TB drive from MBR to GPT. Maximum size of a partition in MBR is 2.2GB.
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  4. linnemeyerhere
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    Thanks Wolfgang ! I'll give it a go.
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  6. linnemeyerhere
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    I knew I was missing something easy...
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  7. whs
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    Let us know whether it worked.
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  8. linnemeyerhere
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    Yep like a charm !
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  10. whs
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    Good deal. Have fun with your big disk.
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  11. linnemeyerhere
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    Music (full files) and new Canon 20mp are forcing the capacity card. I can see a 4tb and larger in my future in a couple of years !
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  12. whs
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    I need most of the external disk space for images (for 8 systems). But my largest disks are only 1TB - and that has been enough up to now. I do regular clean-ups.
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