billis777 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I remember 10 years ago it was possible with some programs to use all space of hdd. Just got a 16tb and it has actual size 14.5, is it possible to unlock the extra size with drivepool or other programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Umfriend Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 I think you may want to read up on TB vs TiB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chris Downs Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 13 hours ago, billis777 said: I remember 10 years ago it was possible with some programs to use all space of hdd. Just got a 16tb and it has actual size 14.5, is it possible to unlock the extra size with drivepool or other programs? Disk manufacturers use the definition of a kilobyte as 1000 bytes vs 1024 bytes on the computer side. That's where your "missing" space is. There is no way to unlock more space, nor has there ever been a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 billis777 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Back into 2007-2008 there was a software that made hdds bigger than 1-2 tb be recognizable by windows and it was advertising that extra unused space can be used. It was a software converting mbr to gpt or something like that, cant remember its name. Thanks for the info everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Umfriend Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Yes, drives larger than 2TB are not supported by MBR. So you had to convert to GPT if they were MBR. That did not increase space, it just allowed to access the entire drive. You already have access to your entire 16TB drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 billis777 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 19 hours ago, Umfriend said: Yes, drives larger than 2TB are not supported by MBR. So you had to convert to GPT if they were MBR. That did not increase space, it just allowed to access the entire drive. You already have access to your entire 16TB drive. Yeah that was it! I thought back then wrongly that it was giving access to the extra space that we cant touch now lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I remember 10 years ago it was possible with some programs to use all space of hdd. Just got a 16tb and it has actual size 14.5, is it possible to unlock the extra size with drivepool or other programs?
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