ANOTHER case of MISSING HDD Space only 1.9TB available of a 2.5TBHDD

neur0tic · 04-15-12, 02:35 PM

I bought this 2.5TB HDD... (2328.77GB in windows)... however...

Windows REFUSES to use 280GB of it... allowing only 1.9TB of it for use.

See photo below.

@ Windows Sector-Blocking me at every turn

thideras · 04-15-12, 02:35 PM

You have to convert it to a GPT disk and then format.

neur0tic · 04-15-12, 02:41 PM

Aww Crap!

Now I need to find a temp locale for the 1.7TB of video files while I convert it. Thanks though... Wish I knew that beforehand lol

04-15-12, 02:35 PM	Thread Starter #1
neur0tic Registered Join Date: Apr 2012	ANOTHER case of MISSING HDD Space only 1.9TB available of a 2.5TBHDD I bought this 2.5TB HDD... (2328.77GB in windows)... however... Windows REFUSES to use 280GB of it... allowing only 1.9TB of it for use. See photo below. @ Windows Sector-Blocking me at every turn __________________ Lian-Li PC-A7110 Full Tower Case Motherboard: GA-880A-UD3H CPU: Phenom II 1075T x6 Six Core Thuban RAM: 1600MHz Corsair Vengence 4x 4GB (16GB Total) Sound Card: HT Omega Claro + (Best sounds card I've EVER SEEN) Optical Drives: LG DVD-Multi Drive, Pioneer BluRay ROM, Sony DVD-Combo/RAM
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04-15-12, 02:35 PM	#2
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04-15-12, 02:41 PM	Thread Starter #3
neur0tic Registered Join Date: Apr 2012	Aww Crap! Now I need to find a temp locale for the 1.7TB of video files while I convert it. Thanks though... Wish I knew that beforehand lol __________________ Lian-Li PC-A7110 Full Tower Case Motherboard: GA-880A-UD3H CPU: Phenom II 1075T x6 Six Core Thuban RAM: 1600MHz Corsair Vengence 4x 4GB (16GB Total) Sound Card: HT Omega Claro + (Best sounds card I've EVER SEEN) Optical Drives: LG DVD-Multi Drive, Pioneer BluRay ROM, Sony DVD-Combo/RAM
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