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    so i just bought a 4tb hdd, didn't recognize when I install it...I have a few questions

    if I'm using the 4tb as a windows bootup drive, then I need to format and par ion it as gpt?

    if its just a data drive with only 1 par ion the whole 4tb, then it can be MBR+ntfs? no need to turn it into gpt right?

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    what version of windows, kent?

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    what version of windows, kent?
    WIN10 KENT

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    Does it show in Disk Management?

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    GPT should work well in Win10... Also you probably want to use NTFS...

    If you don't want to format, MBR should also work

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    so when i installed it, i just needed to initialise it to have it appeared

    then i format it, didn't create any par ion, it went to straight gpt + ntfs ... i knew if i leave it like this and start transferring data i will lose everything cause theres no par ion allocated space

    so i format it again, create the 1 par ion on the drive as a whole 4tb... when i create the par ion it ask if i wanted mbr+NTFS, didn't select it cause mbr is more useful for hdd below 2tb... so i selected gpt+ntfs...then started transferring data..

    hopefully everything is all good, seems like either sata cable is dead or psu is starting to die, some of my other hdd disappeared in mypc when i started to transfer data to the 4tb....

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    so when i installed it, i just needed to initialise it to have it appeared

    then i format it, didn't create any par ion, it went to straight gpt + ntfs ... i knew if i leave it like this and start transferring data i will lose everything cause theres no par ion allocated space

    so i format it again, create the 1 par ion on the drive as a whole 4tb... when i create the par ion it ask if i wanted mbr+NTFS, didn't select it cause mbr is more useful for hdd below 2tb... so i selected gpt+ntfs...then started transferring data..

    hopefully everything is all good, seems like either sata cable is dead or psu is starting to die, some of my other hdd disappeared in mypc when i started to transfer data to the 4tb....
    Knock knock

    Who's there

    Kent's SATA Controller

    Kent's SATA Controller who?

    I don't know, Kent, but lately your SATA controller has been on the fritz

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