[SOLVED] Formatting to NTFS/GPT and will now work??

[ZeroDollarBudget]

Hey!

I'm finalizing my current build, and the last step is to get the OS on the HDD which is proving to be a headache! When attempting to install Windows 10 Home (x64) on to a brand new Seagate Barracuda 2tb HDD (7200rmp) I was presented with a message saying it was not the correct format... it wants the drive to be GPT and it was already formatted as MBR to start with.

So, off to command prompt I went to try and format it myself, and it would not allow me to format it to GPT. It was always resulting in a failed attempt message. So I attempted to do NTFS which resulted in 5 hours of formatting the disk and a complete fail at the end. I can't seem to get this figured out and would like some advice on how to get this project up and running!

THANKS!!
-Z

 

[Traditore]

please confirm you went to command prompt and did this:
Type 'Diskpart', press Enter
Type 'List Disk' , press Enter
Type 'Select Disk #' (where # is the number your drive shows up as), press Enter
Type 'Clean', press Enter
Type 'Convert GPT', press Enter

 

[ZeroDollarBudget]

please confirm you went to command prompt and did this:
Type 'Diskpart', press Enter
Type 'List Disk' , press Enter
Type 'Select Disk #' (where # is the number your drive shows up as), press Enter
Type 'Clean', press Enter
Type 'Convert GPT', press Enter

"Convert GPT" That't where I went wrong lol... thanks!

 

[Traditore]

"Convert GPT" That't where I went wrong lol... thanks!

glad we solved it quickly. good luck