problem with using the full 3tb on a wd drive

[zzzzzzz]

Bought a 3tb drive for storage but windows 7 recognised it as a 100mb partition, a 2 tb partition and a 700gb partition

Unable to set as GPT and format ad a whole 3tb partition.
Can anyone help me please?

 

[Koenig168]

I ran into the same thing for two 2TB WD Greens I bought in March. Both showed multiple partitions in Win 7.

From Disk Management, delete all the partitions and create a single partition.

 

[zzzzzzz]

I was unable to delete all the partition or extend the partition allocation to 3tb

Seems like im stuck

 

[Koenig168]

Just to be clear, you are not using the HDD as a boot disk, right?

 

[Kiwi8]

Bought a 3tb drive for storage but windows 7 recognised it as a 100mb partition, a 2 tb partition and a 700gb partition

Unable to set as GPT and format ad a whole 3tb partition.
Can anyone help me please?

Just to confirm, u are really using it as a storage disk rite?

If so, then try using a disk partitioning boot disk to do it in a fresh environment. I use GParted boot CD. U can also use the GParted boot image for USB too.

 

[zzzzzzz]

Yes not using as boot disk
Gparted is a utility to repartition? Can it set the drive to GPT? Cos i understand win 7 recognises up to 2tb max unless its a GPT drive

 

[jtjt00]

TS, are you running 32bit version of Windows 7?

 

[Koenig168]

Yes not using as boot disk
Gparted is a utility to repartition? Can it set the drive to GPT? Cos i understand win 7 recognises up to 2tb max unless its a GPT drive

There are 3 possibilities -

(1) The MB storage drivers are out-dated - check the manufacturer's website and download updated drivers.

(2) The MB BIOS does not support large HDDs greater than 2TB - check for updated BIOS which support large HDDs.

(3) You are not using Disk Management correctly.

It would be useful if you post your actual specs.