MrHyde1969
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Hi,
I have just added a new western digital cool spin 3tb hard drive as a n addition to my htpc, but when I use the windows7 disk manager to create a partion it will only give me 2.7tb. I am aware that u never get the full advertised amount of space but loosing 300gb seems excessive thats like 10 bluray rips!!! Am I doing something wrong? is there a way to get more available space? Is there a way to partition and format a 3tb hard drive outside the windows enviorment?? If not then perhaps I am better off getting a USB3 3tb hard drive
I have just added a new western digital cool spin 3tb hard drive as a n addition to my htpc, but when I use the windows7 disk manager to create a partion it will only give me 2.7tb. I am aware that u never get the full advertised amount of space but loosing 300gb seems excessive thats like 10 bluray rips!!! Am I doing something wrong? is there a way to get more available space? Is there a way to partition and format a 3tb hard drive outside the windows enviorment?? If not then perhaps I am better off getting a USB3 3tb hard drive