Windows 10: Wd 3t hdd???

I found an old 3T WD SATA Drive in my closet - WD 30EZRX (on the label)

I tried to format it and it says its only 2T. What gives?

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My main 3T WD HD went south.

My main 3T WD stand alone HD just quit i could not reach it, it just blinked it's light and i had the spinning ball on screen.

Plugged it into another computer and got a message file system corrupted drive needs formatting.

Glad i have three other stand alone HDs so i was not down and out with no files.

I formatted the 3T and am now in the slow process of rebuilding it with files.

If you don't have a back up system, i advise you to get one and keep it backed up.

 

3T internal HDD not visible in Windows 10

Thanks for your quick reply.

Are you suggesting that i reinstall Windows 10 to trouble shoot? I have given you the problem that i faced, twice. Each time reverting to Windows 7 cleared my problem. My drive shows up in my computer and the data on it is accessible.

It is a

Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

My drive is showing up as GPT when it is not set up as a GPT drive.

I see many other questions here about second drives not being visible in a Windows Explorer window, but being visible in the Windows disk management program. Many have no clear resolution.

My drive is a Toshiba 3T, and their website lists no driver for my drive, and Windows 10 searched for a driver and found that i already was using 'the best' one.

 

unlock hdd

Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.