Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Windows does that as it initiates the drive, but it was a quick format. Maybe I should do a thorough one? Thanks, Tina On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > Tina, did you reformat the drive after u took it out of the drobo? > > Leo Wesson > www.leowesson.com > > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 15:48, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > > Hi, Geoff - > > > > I still have the Drobo. I just replaced one of its 3TB drives with a 4TB > > one and am switching the 3TB to my JBOD enclosure. It is just an > enclosure > > with no software. The drives slide in and out. Right now I have the > Drobo > > with 4 4TB installed. Two JBOD enclosures - they each have 1 3TB and 3 > 2TB > > drives. I'm replacing one of the 2TB drives in the enclosure with the > 3TB > > drive that came out of the Drobo. I had counted on having all of the 3TB > > to back-up my scans. I didn't have this problem when I installed the > other > > two 3TB drives in the enclosures. Everything is exactly the same so I > > can't figure out why it's refusing to let me allocate half a terabyte of > > space! > > I do wish somebody could come and sit at my computer to figure it out. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Yep, I was trying to provide some sort of practical response based on > what > >> was in Tina's query. Many users don't want to have to deal with > partitions > >> and drivers and the like. Living with the 2TB limit might be the > simplest > >> and no risk outcome. Sitting at the machine with Tina would be the ideal > >> assistance plan of course. > >> Tina is talking about a non-bootable disk I think. I assume in an > external > >> enclosure. At one point Tina had a Drobo unit ( which can deal with the > >> bigger disks of course) but maybe no longer? > >> > >> I've never used any HDD's larger than 2TB as yet so I'll bow out. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> Geoff > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > >> > >> > >>> On 19 December 2013 06:20, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Wed, 12/18/13, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> It's a limit for some partition types, but not a limit on physical > drive > >>> size. The worst case is that you may have to use multiple partitions > on > >>> the same physical unit.... As I understand it, most 7 boxes can > handle > >>> physical drives up to something outrageous like 256 TB. > >>> > >>> I sub-partition drives routinely as it makes it somewhat easier for me > to > >>> organize the system. I've never had any kind of issue with this at > all. > >>> > >>> The partition reservation thing may be a limit in the JBOD box firmware > >> or > >>> the indexing routines, neither of which I have any experience with. > >>> > >>> > >>> R. Clayton McKee > >>> PhotoJournalist > >>> from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com