On 10/31/2016 01:31 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/31/2016 01:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> In certain cases isn't there a way to format a drive using the GPT >> option? (I believe it's in "Disks") and then you select the drive in >> question.....then go to the upper right hand corner and select the >> "Format Disk" choice. When it opens you're looking to partition the >> drive using the GPT selection and not the MBR-DOS option. This might >> allow the entire drive to be seen. Granted it also might take a LONG >> TIME to format!...after all its 3TB in size..Hope that helps. > > > The problem with this drive doesn't appear to have anything to do with > its capacity or its partition table. The logs appear to indicate that > it isn't spinning up. And as I said, if the USB cable has two USB A connectors for the computer, connect the one with the thicker cable to a USB3 port (that one is usually both data and power and the connector is blue in color) and make sure the one with a thinner cable is also connected to a USB port (USB 1.1 or 2--it's used just for supplemental power). Often a single USB port can't supply adequate power to spin up the drive, so they use power from both USB connections to make it work. One may need a powered USB hub to provide adequate power. A pain, but usually not expensive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Try to look unimportant. The bad guys may be low on ammo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
