HELP ME

[choutz1]

Guys what is this I have formatted this drive countless times and it still splits like this why????

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

it it initialized as MBR or GPT? you need it to be initialized as GPT

[choutz1]

it it initialized as MBR or GPT? you need it to be initialized as GPT

To be honest I have no clue how to find that out

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

right click, go to properties, then the volumes tab. under partition style it should be GUID partition table, not Master Boot Record

[choutz1]

This is everything in manage. Help me please unlock this potential.

[choutz1]

right click, go to properties, then the volumes tab. under partition style it should be GUID partition table, not Master Boot Record

ok i see it and it is MBR how do i change

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

you are going to do it in diskpart

type cmd into search and right click and run as administrator. type in diskpart and press enter

then type list disk and press enter. screenshot what you see and we'll continue from there

[choutz1]

you are going to do it in diskpart

type cmd into search and right click and run as administrator. type in diskpart and press enter

then type list disk and press enter. screenshot what you see and we'll continue from there

this is it

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

you forgot the space. you type "list(space)disk", that is "list disk" and press enter

try again and screenshot

[choutz1]

you forgot the space. you type "list(space)disk", that is "list disk" and press enter

try again and screenshot

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

"convert disk 4 gpt" should do it, then format as you would in computer management

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

also disk 6 should probably be GPT as well, as GPT has a hard limit for how large the partitions can be. don't convert disk 6 unless it is blank though, as it WILL wipe the partitions as far as I am certain.

can I see the partition table of disk 6 in computer management when you are done with disk 4? I've never myself played with a 5TB disk as the largest I have is a 3TB drive, but I didn't think it would work well as MBR

[choutz1]

"convert disk 4 gpt" should do it, then format as you would in computer management

this happens

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

hold on a moment. I'm going to play around convertind a SD card to figure exactly how you need to word the command. give me like 5 min, probably less

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

got it!

"select disk 4" enter

"convert GPT" enter

if you list disk again, you should see an asterisk under GPT for that drive

exit diskpart if it works, then format in computer management

[choutz1]

got it!

"select disk 4" enter

"convert GPT" enter

if you list disk again, you should see an asterisk under GPT for that drive

exit diskpart if it works, then format in computer management

WHAT IS THIS

[NannerBeans]

You can just delete the partition and then right click on the disk in the disk manager and format the drive again. Just make sure you select GPT

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I had the same error pop up when I tried to convert my SD card to GPT . . . you could try cleaning the disk first, which wipes all partitions and the partition table

for that it would be "select disk 4"

"clean"

"convert GPT"

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

You can just delete the partition and then right click on the disk in the disk manager and format the drive again. Just make sure you select GPT

you know I had no idea how to do it in disk manager, I've only done it in diskpart, which has a much steeper learning curve.

good find

[choutz1]

I had the same error pop up when I tried to convert my SD card to GPT . . . you could try cleaning the disk first, which wipes all partitions and the partition table

for that it would be "select disk 4"

"clean"

"convert GPT"

You are a god it worked. what do now just format?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

You are a god it worked. what do now just format?

yessir

technically that too can be done in diskpart, but I'd just do it in disk manager the way you know

[choutz1]

You can just delete the partition and then right click on the disk in the disk manager and format the drive again. Just make sure you select GPT

I tired all that but the strange thing was it wouldnt let me i would have screen shot it but the cmd path worked fine

[choutz1]

yessir

that you sir but what about the disk 6? should i do it to that too? I am putting it in another build

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

that you sir but what about the disk 6? should i do it to that too? I am putting it in another build

if it has nothing on it, do the same thing

select disk 6

clean

convert GPT

then go on about formatting it. I prefer GPT for any reasonably large drive as MBR only allows 4 partitions, and my dual booted laptop that only has a 250gb drive has 7 partitions because it has windows 8.1 and ubuntu, with all the recovery and swap partitions

[NannerBeans]

You are a god it worked. what do now just format?

Yes right click and format it. Just make sure to select GPT when it prompts you to.