DD 11 b 11.0.2343 does not see last tB on 3 tB drive Windows 7 64 bit
DD 11 b 11.0.2343 does not see the last tB of a 3 tB HDD in Windows 7 64 bit.??
Thanks for responding.
My drive is an internal HDD. Hitachi 3 tB
I have no CD to boot from. I dl DD from the website.
Enclosed is a screen shot of the DD graphic. It lists (disk 3) the HDD as 2700 gB. I don't know what happened to the other 300 gB. At any rate DD does not find the last 1 tB even as unallocated space.
Thanks again,
Tom Rubens
The 2.7TB size is correct for a 3TB drive. You probably need to change the disk to GPT to be able to use all the space.
What does Disk Management show?
I am using NTFS. If 2700 gB is all I get then that is all I get.
What does Disk Management show?
Please see attachment on my last message.
Thanks,
Tom Rubens
Your previous attachment is what DD shows, not what Disk Management shows.
GPT is not a partition format (like NTFS). It's a disk type (like MBR). Large drives are limited when used as MBR disks.
I did some reading. Very interesting stuff. I was concerned that I didn't get it all but Acronis made the job of switching from MBR to GPT a snap.
Thanks,
Tom Ruens
I went to install Windows 7 64 bit on one of the GPT partitions. Windows objected. As best I can figure out Windows will install on a GPT partition if the computer has UEFI. I thought that Acronis partioning would take care of this. Aparently UEFI is firm ware that must come with the motherboard. Am I correct? Is UEFI something I can install? My system is an ASUS P6X58D-e using Intel Core i7 940 cpu.
Thanks,
Tom Rubens
The BIOS has to support it. It's not something you just add or update to.
If mobo supports UEFI, then somewhere in the bios setup there is a switch to boot in UEFI mode or in BIOS emulation mode. P6X58D-e apparently doesn't. Btw, ADD 11 doesn't support UEFI - it works with data-only GPT disks, but operations with the system GPT disk may render it non-bootable.