clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hey Brian! I just bought a new ehd. I had your instructions saved from the last time you helped me with the partition but I don't think it worked this time and I think I have messed it up! I'm hoping you can save me. I went to disk management and clicked on the drive and selected delete and this is what it shows now. I can't even see the drive on my list of drives now. Here's a screen shot. What do I do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 How large is this new External Drive? I'm assuming that Disk 1 is the new Seagate Drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) 5Tb Yes it is. Edited April 27, 2020 by clchewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Right Click on the Box where it says "Disk 1" look for the words "Convert to GPT." If so, select it and follow the prompts. If they aren't there, and you see "Convert to MBR," then leave it alone. Report back and we will go to the next step. You want to have a GPT Disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 When I right click on it there are no options to pick other than help. Everything else is greyed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 It is not listed here as a ehd anymore either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Stop!! You are panicking, we are not done. When you deleted the drive, of course it's not going to show up. Get out of there and go back to Disk Management. Follow my directions. Right-Click on this box just below the word "Online" If your drive is configured correctly, we will see "Covert to MBR." in the list, about half-way down. Does it say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Convert to MBR is greyed out. Convert to Dynamic disk is my only option and properties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Sweet! Now comes the easy part: Right click on here: Choose the one at the very top called "New Simple Volume." Click Next a few times, then when asked, give it a name like Seagate 5TB EHD. (Or whatever you choose.) Make sure the format is NTFS and that the QUICK FORMAT BOX IS CHECKED. Then it OK / Apply, whatever. Let it do it's thing. When finished, it should show up under This PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clchewy Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Great! Thank you so much! Do you have a paypal or venmo where I could make a donation for your help? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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