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Subject: [Leica] Computer Help
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:07:58 -0500
References: <CAE3QcF5FULw54ZCRVMQfBuc7bUSX-0rAiK0qu6Sy54zj-zMpKQ@mail.gmail.com> <1387398059.89402.YahooMailBasic@web125004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <CAE3QcF6AtOReWi2MxRy6jynmOnHkYY8ve0eZVaN2_uHiHZTG0w@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1CRSDUVYHS8oDE4CajSfcukNpJNyBaEKKEU6ft_eFvJCw@mail.gmail.com> <7DC82839-59D8-4112-91DB-59EBFC614943@gmail.com>

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...
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
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-- 
Tina Manley
http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com


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