I was wondering if anyone knows what might be going wrong. Currently, i just remove raid by setting both ssd and hdd as non raid. Hi, i formatted all my backup drives using exfat format for a mac running 10. It kept telling me to insert a disc to run the tests. How to format ssd or hard drive in windows 10 youtube. Whats the difference between gpt and mbr when partitioning a drive. All data will be removed from the drive during reformatting to ntfs. If i am going to reinstall windows 7 pro and would normally format the c. Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 tb. The raid settings can be changed to either raid 0 performance, raid 1 protected and jbod. A minimum of 320 mb of ram is needed to use all of the features of the gparted application. Need a guide to the g technology range with g drive, g speed and g raid. If you plan to install windows xp on your new array, you will need a floppy disk with your raid adapters windows drivers, and a floppy drive to read it windows. Trying to do a quick format but its already been 2 hours and no sign of % progression, just formatting.
The graid with thunderbolt 3 is a highperformance, dual enterpriseclass 7200rpm hard drive storage system featuring thunderbolt 3, usbcsupports usb 3. How to convert a macformatted drive to a windows drive. Drive fixer how to troubleshoot and fix external drive not detected issues on windows 10 if your pc isnt detecting an external hard drive, use this guide to resolve the issue. For now here are some valuable doscuments that g tech has. This format is not supported by windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2, which retrieve scsi sense data in fixed format. But, i was also able to speed test the g speed shuttle ssd as a macformatted drive on the pc, as well as using macdrive that enables mac drive formatting and mounting. I have already downloaded the format wizard and the g technology asisstant both of which simply replicate system functions and have wasted my time downloading, installing and testing. Opening disk management can be done a number of ways. I am interested in getting a twodrive raid 1 setup from owc or g tech and wondering if i can format the drives as exfat. Drive im having an issue where windows 10 cant read the dvd in the disk drive. I have an hp xw8600 on which i am trying to install and format raid 0. For some reason when i tried to reformat my gdrive mobile.
I wanted to changes the raid from 0 to 1 and read i would need to install the g raid with thunderbolt configurator to do this. How to install the g technology format wizard g technology storage. Under disk management, i can see ssd and hdd, when i right click ssd partition, there is no format option, when i right click on disk for ssd, there is an initialization option, i click on it and pop up window to select disk to partition the disk using mbr or. Windows users will have to go through a feew basic steps before they are up and running. Running windows server 2003, 5x 5tb hard drives giving about 1820tb.
Graid with thunderbolt configurator in windows graid. One of the major changes was that apple removed any ability to set up and configure a redundant array of independent disks raid. Technology pc wizard makes reformatting its drives for windows a snap. If you have to solve the problem exfat drive not recognized in windows 10, you can follow the methods below. How to format a hard drive windows 10, 8, 7, vista, xp. How to install the gtechnology format wizard youtube. Well be putting together a complete video tutorial on this in the near future. I am trying to configure a 20tb thunderbolt 3 graid with the g raid removable with thunderbolt utility to use it as a raid1 in windows, but every time i configure it, it disappear, and only appears again when i format it with the g thechnology formatting wizzard. Just click on gtechnology format wizard button below and follow the instructions. Gparted a free application for graphically managing. Hfsexplorer is a free software that can help you access a macformatted drive.
Reformatting with raid 0 config by onahill mar 14, 2005 5. Want to use one external drive for both your windows. The windows disk management function, pictured above, allows windows users to simply format and partition external drives. By default, windows provides the option to format a usb flash drive with fat or fat32 file systems only, but not with ntfs new technology file system. After disk management opens, which might take several seconds, look for the drive you want to format from the list at. But first, you need to install java, then, install hfseexplorer on your windows 10. Diskpart failing to format drives hello, i am new to the forum but have found lots of very valuable information prior to registering.
For example, the drive that you are trying to select for formatting may not be recognized by the utility, or it may be greyed out and not clickable. If you own an imac, mac mini, mac pro or mac book pro simply plug in your new drive to the thunderbolt port and start using it. They cant be taken out of the raid and formatted and expect them to work the raid structures must be removed first. Graid w tb3 configurator for mac or graid w tb3 configurator for windows after you have changed the raid to raid1 you can then initialize and format the drive as exfat and it will work on both platforms. How to combine multiple hard drives in raid 0 using windows 10s storage spaces feature. Deleting former raid structure on hdd solved windows 7. Setting up your gtech thunderbolt drive on windows. Changing the raid settings will delete all data from the device. When trying to do a raid 0, will i need to format my first drive and reinstall everything including the os.
Gparted can be used on x86 and x8664 based computers running linux, windows, or mac os x by booting from media containing gparted live. Quickformatting a raid 0 drive with ntfs ars technica. Windows drive management reported that the raid drive was full, the nvidia raid bios reported that the drive was a 640 mb total drive, but the. I recently purchased a g raid with thunderbold 2 8tb. How to partition a hard drive in windows open disk management, the tool included in all versions of windows that lets you partition drives, among a number of other things.
How to change the raid0 to raid1 on a graid 12tb graid. Back up everything you cannot afford to lose from your os drive before starting. Deleting former raid structure on hdd i just rebuilt my system using a separate c drive for the os and apps plus a second hdd for data. Please back up all data prior to reformatting your drive. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Open disk management, the hard drive manager included with all versions of windows. G tech makes the pc configuration software easy to find on their website and easy to use. Do i need to format to raid0 windows 7 help forums. However, there are times when it simply doesnt work very well. This will bring up the the option to create and format hard.
This will bring up the the option to create and format. To change raid settings on a graid studio download and install the raid configurator. Whether its a ssd or hard drive its just a few simple clicks now and ill show you how to do it as quickly as possible. How to format usb drives larger than 32gb with fat32 on. Setup g drive usb external hard drive on windows pc how to fix not showing up g. Whenever i right click and do it in explorer, it says windows was unable to complete the format. I did find, though, that i could only configure the drive ntfs with raid 5 on the pc. How to format a hard drive for both windows and mac.
The gtech series explained, featuring the gdrive, graid. I have windows 10 and went through the stated process to format the drive so i can see it on windows. How to combine multiple hard drives in raid 0 using. This means that if one of the disks becomes damaged or no longer functions properly, the whole volume is lost. In the simplest terms, there are three formats between the pc and the mac.