Hard Drive Size not picking up

[PurpleSnow]

I have a 6TB Western Digital Red NAS drive and it is only picking up as a 1.6tb
has anyone had a problem like this or a way to fix it.
Is there a way to reload the original firmware or reformat or partition the drive to its original size.

 

[Rickster]

You already made a thread.

Alzheimer's?

Hard Drive Size not picking up

I have a 6TB Western Digital Red NAS drive and it is only picking up as a 1.6tb has anyone had a problem like this or a way to fix it. Is there a way to reload the original firmware or reformat or partition the drive to its original size.

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[RedViking]

Was it on 'special' at your local Chinese store?

 

[|tera|]

I have a 6TB Western Digital Red NAS drive and it is only picking up as a 1.6tb
has anyone had a problem like this or a way to fix it.
Is there a way to reload the original firmware or reformat or partition the drive to its original size.

Is the hdd in the NAS? Or are you connecting it to a PC?

Some motherboards don't accept drives larger than 3TB in size.
Usually either a BIOS update or a new motherboard is required.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

You need to make it a GPT volume, the reason its picking up as a smaller size is due to limitations in the partition system.

 

[|tera|]

You need to make it a GPT volume, the reason its picking up as a smaller size is due to limitations in the partition system.

Thanks for sharing.
I know however that Mobo limitations also have this issue.
Found this according to your knowledge:

Hard Drives General MBR vs. GPT | StarTech.com

What do MBR and GPT mean, and when do I use them?

www.startech.com

 

[PurpleSnow]

Was it on 'special' at your local Chinese store?

I bought it from a guy that assured me it was perfect working even had pics of hdd sentinel. but yes some ppl never learn.

busy with a low level format.

just dont understand how the drive is actually working. no noises from it

 

[RedViking]

I bought it from a guy that assured me it was perfect working even had pics of hdd sentinel. but yes some ppl never learn.

busy with a low level format.

just dont understand how the drive is actually working. no noises from it

I wonder if it is actually a 2TB and not a 6 TB

 

[PurpleSnow]

ok placed the drive direct in machine not in enclosure picks up 5.99 but 3 part. but drive still takes long to boot in part software. think the drive is buggered

 

[PurpleSnow]

did a surface test drive has bad sectors so going to take the drive back.