Unable to partition hard drive?

[the_tyrant]

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3541/harddriveproblem2.png
I am unable to partition that section of my hard drive
the drive is a 3TB hitachi deskstar
anyone have any suggestions? thanks:salute:

[Jan Kyster]

You need to check your motherboard manufacturer to see if they have released a BIOS update, that will allow you to use the 3TB... :shifty:


/Edit:
... or use the disc as a secondary drive = non-boot drive

[the_tyrant]

You need to check your motherboard manufacturer to see if they have released a BIOS update, that will allow you to use the 3TB... :shifty:


/Edit:
... or use the disc as a secondary drive = non-boot drive

Trying that now..

[CaptainHaplo]

Shouldn't be the Bios as Windows sees the available disk space.

What OS are you using? If you have a Windows 7 disk, boot from that, as it runs setup go to advanced and you can add the additional partition from there. It will be quick formatted. Once you have the new partition created, remove the DVD and reset/power cycle the PC (so you don't reinstall). When it boots back up as normal, go back to disk management and you will then be able to assign the partition a drive . You won't need to mark it as "active".

[Jan Kyster]

Shouldn't be the Bios...Alas it is...

Obviously he's running a 64-bit version of either Windows 7 or Vista, as these both supports GPT. Which, as we can see, will detect the full 3TB of capacity.
But still, if if you want to use the disc as a boot drive, you will need a motherboard with a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS.

Some links:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/19871
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2373702,00.asp
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=135630

[CaptainHaplo]

Good info there Jan. :yeah:

I stand corrected.

[Jan Kyster]

:salute:

But I'm worried we haven't heard him reporting back... :shifty:


Is interested in hearing what the outcome is.
These large discs will most certainly be put into new and upcoming builds and I wasn't aware of them giving problems... until now...

So - please report back your findings, Tyrant! :D

[the_tyrant]

Updated drivers, fixed bios, and used a third party software
it worked!:woot:

[Jan Kyster]

Third party software? What? and why? :hmmm:

And are you able to use drive for boot now?

[the_tyrant]

Third party drivers? Which? and why? :hmmm:

Using drive for boot now?

Not third party drivers, i meant Acronis Disk Director 11
And now I was able to partition it!:yeah: