On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:42:51PM -0400, John wrote: > Windows 19 will not format disk 1. It says I have a healthy primary > partition, but when I try to format it, it churns for a while and then pops > up a window with an error: > > "Windows was unable to complete the format." > > Doesn't give me any further information. This is a 4TB drive, but windows > would not create a partition larger than 2048.00GB. This is the second drive > I've tried. I thought the hard disk was defective, but now I'm pretty sure > it's Windoze10. > > Have I mentioned lately how much I despise Windoze10. > > There are not enough vile disgusting swear words in the English language to > allow me to express my true feelings about it.
The more posts I see with people reporting the problems they have trying to put computer systems together themselves, the more I think my decision to pay the extra cost of buying a ready-built system is the right one. It's not all that much more expensive, and all I have to do is plug it in. And if there is a problem, they typically come with 12 months of support. If you're initializing disks using 512-byte sectors, you're going to be stuck with a 2TB partition size limit (because the sector number is a 32-bit value). Windows 10 can handle larger disks, but you're either going to have to set up multiple partitions on 2TB or less, or use a different partitioning scheme. Microsoft have something called GPT (GUID Partition Table). For details, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/support-for-hard-disks-exceeding-2-tb#initialize-a-data-disk-by-using-gpt -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
