• | Mac Pro not formatting 3TB external drive
on Jun 1, 2012 at 4:13:38 pm |
I thought i had done this before, but reformatting i see the 2.2TB limit. Went to the Seagate site and a few other forums, they said use GUID. I did. No dice. It's an internal drive sitting in a Blacx dual caddy, connected via eSATA. Any advice? (again)....
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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• | Re: Mac Pro not formatting 3TB external drive on Jun 1, 2012 at 4:57:48 pm |
Might be a caddy issue. I have three 3TB drives in the MacPro at work. No issues formatting them.
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• | Re: Mac Pro not formatting 3TB external drive on Jun 2, 2012 at 2:58:57 am |
hmmmm...ya, maybe i formatted it internally last time. I'll pop out a drive and give 'er a shot. Thanks for helping me pinpoint it...
So, have you gone to X yet??? I'm still on 7.0.3 and it seems dandy for my lowly purposes...
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
...and a few TeraBytes o' storage
(then it's on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)
• | Re: Mac Pro not formatting 3TB external drive on Jun 2, 2012 at 4:58:31 am |
[tad newberry] "So, have you gone to X yet???"
Nope. And I don't plan to.
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• | Re: Mac Pro not formatting 3TB external drive on Jun 2, 2012 at 7:17:12 am |
Dang. Internal formatting worked like a charm. I coulda left it at 3TB, but going back into the BlacX i cut it in half. Working great! I wish my brain and memory worked as good. Thanks again for the reminder tip.
: )
thanks for helping out a bonehead!
__________________________
FCS3
2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
...and a few TeraBytes o' storage
(then it's on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)