GPT drive detected incorrectly as MBR in another machine
Problem solved!
Thanks to an Amazon review on my Sabrent SATA to USB 3.0 enclosure, I discovered that a firmware update of the USB enclosure fixes the problem
I was able to replicate the issue on a 3TB WD I had lying around. I then flashed the firmware, then even the enclosure gave the same GPT Protective error. I used diskpart to clean the drive, recreated, and boom, all is normal. I'm cloning my user files SSD to this hard drive now, which Macrium wouldn't do with the enclosures old firmware, and will try putting it in the server. If all is good, I'll do the same with the Toshiba drive, and proceed from there.
So all this hassle and my previous reformat was caused by the stupid stock firmware on this controller... Unbelievable.
As I mentioned before, it worked fine with smaller drives. I recovered customer data off of it many times, etc. But I guess the issue had to do with how it handled 2TB+ drives or something.
Thanks everyone for helping me get through this nonsense!!!
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