Here is curent situation with "Verbatim USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Desktop Hard Drive 3TB" or "Model # 47662" or "The Magic Disk" as I like to call it.
I am copying files to MagicDisk_1, a little over 1,2TB so far. MagicDisk_A is not empty either.
At beginning it showed 2 separate disks, 2,2TB+0,8TB. BIOS shows 2 USB devices. I saw 2x3TB drives after I installed Seagate DiskWizard13. Then I was able to create continuous 3TB partitions with Windows own Disk Management.
My mobo is ASUS P6T-SE, bios and chipset up to date.
I do understand hard disks, motherboards and Windows 7 quite ok, but I do not fully understand the Verbatim's USB -system in between here. How can it show 2 different devices to BIOS and therefore for OS too? What program would analyze the relevant hardware here, I mean I would like to know how can one single 3TB disk contain 6TB of space
Disk Management shows most of the needed information:
Here are properties of the drives
And here is the physical apparatus itself:
Here is what ChrystalDiskInfo says:
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http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html )
(2) ST33000651AS
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Enclosure : ST330006 51AS USB Device (V=0000, P=0000, sa1)
Model : ST33000651AS
Firmware : CC43
Serial Number : 9XK05FPQ
Disk Size : 3000.5 GB (8.4/137.4/3000.5)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 5860533168
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : USB (Serial ATA)
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
Transfer Mode : SATA/300
Power On Hours : 31 hours
Power On Count : 12 count
Temparature : 48 C (118 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : D0D0h [ON]