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Reusing RAID 1 disk to backup
Hi there, I have a Readynas 104 with 2 x 3TB disks running as RAID 1. I had to replace one of the disks as it was flaging as having bad sectors. I have since replaced the disk and everything i...
amtrakuk1 wrote:
The mystery is why a 3TB drive only reports 1 partition of 800 GB unused space. How can I access the "hidden" c2.8 TB used space?
I think that's because your SATA->USB adapter is limited to a max size of 2 TB drives. If I am right, you need a different adapter - nothing else will work.
Hi and thanks for the quick reply. I guess I didnt make myself clear... I want to bascially "zap" (very technicial term) the drive so it is reporting 3TB all the disk space.
The mystery is why a 3TB drive only reports 1 partition of 800 GB unused space. How can I access the "hidden" c2.8 TB used space?
GPARTED only reports a single parition on /dev/sdb of 800 GB unused space.
Just thinking on the fly, would a better option be fitting into a machine and running a disk wiping tool or installing an OS, will that make the full 3TB available?
amtrakuk1 wrote:
The mystery is why a 3TB drive only reports 1 partition of 800 GB unused space. How can I access the "hidden" c2.8 TB used space?
I think that's because your SATA->USB adapter is limited to a max size of 2 TB drives. If I am right, you need a different adapter - nothing else will work.
I wou;dn't be suprised about the 2TB limit, I've just never come across it before - but saying that I have never delt with over 2TB before. The caddy I'm using is a single dock version of - startech.com/HDD/Docking/dual-sata-hdd-dock~SDOCK2U33.
I think I leaves only one option of putting it into a desktop and see if that sees the hidden partitions ;)
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