Every few years or more one needs to initiate a new HDD. This one is 6TB WD 3.5
And every time I forget the trick needed to not stuff it up. I followed the sellers instructions and sure enuff it's split into two partitions. One accessible the other off in the twilight zone.
Does anyone know the formula to convert this into one big accessible partition of 5500?
Anytime you have a drive larger than 2TB, you have to format it as GPT, not MBR, to be able to use the full capacity of the drive.
As was said, you need it to be GPT not MBR. Converting from MBR to GPT takes one minute
Change a Master Boot Record (MBR) into a GUID partition table (GPT) disk | Microsoft Docs
yes you have to delete the partitions. I prefer to do things from the command line but here are the instructions for either way, from the link I posted
Converting using the Windows interface
1) If the disk contains any partitions or volumes, right-click each and then click Delete Partition or Delete Volume.
2) Right-click the MBR disk that you want to change into a GPT disk, and then click Convert to GPT Disk.
Converting using a command line
1) Open an elevated command prompt by right-clicking Command Prompt and then choosing Run as Administrator.
2) Type diskpart. If the disk does not contain any partitions or volumes, skip to step 6.
3) At the DISKPART prompt, type list disk. Note the disk number you want to convert.
4) At the DISKPART prompt, type select disk <disknumber>.
5) At the DISKPART prompt, type clean.
Note: Running the clean command will delete all partitions or volumes on the disk.
6) At the DISKPART prompt, type convert gpt.
Delete partition is not offered. One partition offers "conveert to simple volume" and the other nothing is offered.
Since the option to delete partitions is not offered I'm not willing to go into command line.
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You cannot delete unallocated space!
Create a new partition on the unallocatated space.
Extend partition.
johnhoh, Here is the current disk -
And here is the Command Prompt (so far).
Scary stuff for a bloke who has rarely ever played with black screens. Partition One appears as 2047 of free space. Partition Two doesn't exist sort of.
Tell me again my next steps plz.
hi Snick -
As you can see from the pic. right-clicking on "Partition 2" offers me no option to create a new partition. Been so long since I did this back office stuff I've forgotten how. plz remind me the steps.
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