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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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 it’s only 2T. What gives?

 

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.