I installed Win 10 PRO on an Asrock X470 Master SLI/ac, which is UEFI enabled in the system BIOS. I have 2 drives, an m.2 Samsung 970 EVO SSD (1 TB) and WD SATA 7200 (6 TB). Both drives were installed when I performed the Win 10 installation. As a result, Windows boots from my SSD, which is what I want, but also puts a system reserve section on the WD hard drive. SystemInfo is Win 10 reads Legacy for the BIOS and MBR for the drives. As a result, I can’t access more than 2 TB of storage on the WD hard drive. Please review my proposed troubleshooting steps below:
1. Reformat the WD, 6 TB hard drive.
2. Shut down the computer and disable the power supply.
3. Disconnect the WD drive from the MB, then reinstall win 10 with only the SSD connected.
4. Check SystemInfo in Win 10 to see if the SSD is UEFI enabled.
5. Reconnect the WD hard drive to MB
6. Work on converting the WD drive to GPT
Am I on the right track? Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly!
Frank
1. Reformat the WD, 6 TB hard drive.
2. Shut down the computer and disable the power supply.
3. Disconnect the WD drive from the MB, then reinstall win 10 with only the SSD connected.
4. Check SystemInfo in Win 10 to see if the SSD is UEFI enabled.
5. Reconnect the WD hard drive to MB
6. Work on converting the WD drive to GPT
Am I on the right track? Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly!
Frank