Seagate 5TB Expansion Drive not initialized in MBR or GPT? Drive OK?

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  1. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
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    Seagate 5TB Expansion Drive not initialized in MBR or GPT? Drive OK?


    Seagate's website / the manual say the (this one: Desktop-Festplatte Expansion| Seagate) 5TB Expansion Drive is initialized in GPT (Expansion drives switching to GPT) but Windows 7 and dispart (https://i.imgur.com/1JxRAja.png) show it is initialized in MBR / not in GPT (the column under GPT is empty). The item to initialize in / convert to GPT is grayed out (I assume one have to remove the partition first to access that option): https://i.imgur.com/xeqkQmJ.png. And it looks like as if MiniToolPartizionWizard shows it was GPT as well: https://i.imgur.com/PsQfLY8.png

    What could that mean? Is the display of Win / diskpart correct?

    Is this message correct? DriveInfo shows: S.M.A.R.T. Drive Status: Drive is not OK! The device has detected a threshold exceeded condition! (https://i.imgur.com/5xfPSq9.png). What does that mean? A defect, a problem?
    The entire report:
    https://i.imgur.com/rySWvIt.png
    https://i.imgur.com/qyquxVB.png
    https://i.imgur.com/R5bx0s2.png

    ChystalDisk shows this, does not appear to look that bad:
    https://i.imgur.com/v7TYPhZ.png
    and
    https://i.imgur.com/z1exc22.png

    SeaTools shows this:
    https://i.imgur.com/0ulGbCQ.png

    HDDscan shows:
    https://i.imgur.com/8hlD3pN.png
    and
    https://i.imgur.com/UMRP2GM.png

    What do those items marked with that yellow sign mean:

    "Airflow temperature"
    and
    "HDA Temperatur"
    A problem?

    What does the display about "Health" mean, 90 %, 92 % (instead of 100 %) appear to mean the state of the drive is not the best (anymore). May be there will occur problems, errors the next time?
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  2. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    everything is okay. delete the partition, initialize GPT. gute nacht.
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  3. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #3

    Hi Alonzo Poodle,

    The screenshot below should enable you determine whether your disk is initialised as a GPT or MBR disk.

    Seagate 5TB Expansion Drive not initialized in MBR or GPT? Drive OK?-04-08-2015-13-08-36.jpg

    Note: In future upload your screenshots to Seven Forum servers that will be seen directly in the posts like the one above.
    How to:https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html
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  4. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Many thanks, countzero.

    everything is okay.
    Well, this message appears to say something different: https://i.imgur.com/5xfPSq9.png

    Many thanks again. Gute Nacht.

    Hello jumanji,

    Many thanks.

    So, your screenshot very easily lets conclude that drive really is initialized with MBR.
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  5. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    seatools is what matters. if a long drive self test says good: it'ts good.
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  6. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Yes, yes, unfortunately such a test lasts about 3 days or longer.
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  7. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #7

    on a usb3 port?
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  8. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #8

    No, USB 2.0
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  9. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #9

    that's the reason. time factor 5-6.
    don't worry.
    maybe run chkdsk once a week for a month, then forget about it.
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  10. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Many thanks, countzero,

    So that time factor is the reason, good to know.

    Alright, that's a very good idea, or run it twice a month for a year, then forget.

    Many thanks again.
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