Problems With External HD Partition


  1. Skyhook
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    Problems With External HD Partition


    I'm partitioning a new 3TB HD. Something I've done before but after creating the 1st unallocated partition the option to create a new simple volume is greyed out. I tried again and all other instances I'm able to do it. But I'm now stuck with a 750TB unallocated partition I can't do anything with...
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  3. Skyhook
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    Thanks anyway, I figured it out.
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