Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have two, 3TB drives and one 2TB boot drive drive working just fine in Windows 7. None are partitioned. Maybe this will help? http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/i-have-a-3-tb-drive-windows-7-ultimate-wont-format/b1cc3811-f25f-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:58 AM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Help > Hi Tina. I hope that someone more competent than I will respond for you. > You mean a 3 Terabyte (3000 Gigabytes) drive not a 3 Gigabyte drive > > I assume that you have Windows 7 (or Vista)? This can't be done with > earlier windows than that. > For whatever its worth, my understanding is that 2 TB is a limit due to > the > way windows deals with partitions. > > You need the newest hardware and driver for the storage controller. That > is > a chip on the mainboard (motherboard) and the part of windows that uses > it. > Unless you have good technical support to help you, I'd suggest that its > safer for you to not try to upgrade by yourself (although you may only > need > that new driver, stuff could go wrong). > > In boxes like the Drobo or some external drive cases they use different > controller systems that get around that 2TB limit. My Drobo had 5 x 2TB > drives currently. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 19 December 2013 03:48, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> I just installed a new 3GB hard drive in my Just a Bunch of Disks box. >> Windows 7 will not allow me to allocate the whole 3GB. I know some is >> needed for indexing, etc., but they are keeping 745.52GB as Unallocated. >> I >> don't have a Raid or any other system. It's just a bunch of disks in a >> box. >> >> Is there any way I can use Disk Management to allocate more of the 3GB? >> I >> hate to waste 745 GB that could be holding photos!! >> >> I've searched and only find incomprehensible (to me) Microsoft documents >> that don't tell me a thing. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >