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Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
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Author:  jdomi [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
Colleagues,

I added a new 3 TB HDD to my data pool but formatted it as MBR instead of GPT so I am not getting the full 3 TB worth of disk I am supposed to have. There is data already in the disk. So, my question is: can I remove, format the disk as GPT and put it back without loosing any data?

Regards.
Author:  Gardian [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
Not that I'm aware of. Format is a format. Even if there was some voodoo, I wouldn't trust it.
Author:  Ruben Rocha [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
Humm???
I don't use stablebit.
But from what I read it only supports nfts meaning stuck with the 2tb limit.
Author:  erail [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
Sure you can but you must use the Remove Drive Function of Stablebit in the console. Then reformat to GPT, put it back in and add it to the pool.
Author:  yakuza [ Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
Ruben Rocha wrote:
Humm???
I don't use stablebit.
But from what I read it only supports nfts meaning stuck with the 2tb limit.


NTFS has no 2TB limit, you're thinking MBR.
Author:  Gardian [ Sat Aug 17, 2013 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stablebit - Can I Remove/reformat Disk W/o Loosing Data
#-o Well, yes, I guess that is what pooling is all about, being able to pull a drive from the pool without losing data.
You can do whatever you want to the drive once it's removed and has no data on it.

I was thinking of data still on the drive and trying to change the format. Pretty sure you can't do that.

Thx for the thoughts, when I start working with the larger drives this fall I will have to remember about the correct formatting or I'll find myself in the same boat.
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