Windows 10: i need help regarding formatting a GPT drive, im very confused.

I purchased a newused HDD, but I'm struggling to get it formatted for use. i don't yet believe the drive to be faulty.all my searches are just going round in circles.in disk management its showing up as "2048GB, healthy GPT protective partition" which is the first odd thing as I'd expect to see 1024GB, as its 1TB.right clicking gives all options except "help" as greyed out.right clicking on the disk 1 section on the left shows "convert to GPT" greyed out, even though it shows as a GPT drive in the main window. and under the drives properties/volumes, it shows its partition style as MBR.I'v

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How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

Format HDDs GPT Format?

Since GPT is a partitoning scheme, you cannot "format" a disk for GPT. You must "partition" it for GPT.

1. Launch diskpart.exe under elevated privileges.
2. Select the 1 TByte disk, then use the "clean" subcommand to erase all partitions.
3. Launch the Windows Disk Manager.
4. Right-click the 1 TByte disk, then left-click "Initialise".
5. Select GPT.
6. Create your partitions.

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Windows 10 home is saved in GPT partition format.

Angelo: Thanks for your help. My saved windows disk, (hard drive) will not boot being formatted in GPT partition format, The PC says "No operating system found on this disc.(hard drive)" Somewhere in trying to get the disc (hard drive) to boot, I read
that a disc (hard drive)partitioned in the BMR format will boot into windows. Not so, if the disc (hard drive) is partitioned in the GPT format.

Respectfully,

Robert