Issue with new HDD

[bojan]

Hi guys,

After having a problem with my WD external 2TB HDD (started to die basically), I bought this 3TB WD (https://cplonline.com.au/storage/desktop-hard-drive/wd-wd30purz-3tb-purple-internal-3-5-desktop-hard-drive.html) HDD.

First, I tried to connect it via external USB interface from old (faulty) external WD drive.
It reported un-allocated space of 2TB (the same as it had with faulty HDD), so I suspect interface is hard-wired (? or not) for that max capacity.

Then, to try to confirm the above, I connected it with interface similar or the same to this one below:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Hi4AAOSwlC1kYiIN/s-l500.jpg (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354788217149?hash=item529b06913d:g: Hi4AAOSwlC1kYiIN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PBbPD9kyxQkvo xCr9%2B22rP%2FryrI9qKeOEK14FNazXWZJ BXlenTYcu%2BJSF%2BAN5lc0vujX891gf41 GKWR%2F%2FhVKAfyiuYocmRk033%2F1%2FJ F%2FVd3z7mPI6P2LNBDwfmE6d8L9GEp1Pt8 HMG5GFQxuCN22t4kZYJvBk7Idx3JXYijpZF g1%2BhmBKIfDaFiUP2dLdUVBKkVGCSy3K4s mYQRrvIJA7mKGxBtXbRoSlC2WX4SUsMsDBO DL3uY0gxv1QKFjdRiUsLILPDtaesjKq46B5 %2FqfRSTofLYhcEYOCRV%2F%2F7c63Vi%7C tkp%3ABFBM6O-v44Ri)


Storage manager now reported 750GB of un-allocated space (which told me this interface is possibly hard-wired for even smaller size HDD (it is pretty old BTW, ~10 years? or so).
I am not sure now what is happening here..

I wander, should I simply connect that 3TB drive as internal and proceed with allocation (and probably formatting etc.)?
This is not the preferred solution, because it will be harder to back up all the files from other HDD's

Or, should I first allocate 2TB, and then extend the volume size to 3TB when HDD is connected as internal drive (provided this is possible)?

TIA for your help!

[sharkbite]

Hi Bojan - not that this helps much, but that adaptor should not even make a 3.5" drive spin at all....(unless you added the 12v rails?)

If by some miracle it does spin up with just usb - this could be the cause of your woes...

cheers,

[bojan]

Yep, the external 12V power was there.
The issue, it seems, is in interface limitation... and w'7 limitation as well (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/support-for-hard-disks-exceeding-2-tb).

I decided to mount that HDD as internal drive... and see what happens.

[bojan]

Well, after connecting this HDD to w'10 machine (as internal drive) all works OK.