WD Black edition 6tb and only 2tb usable

[BlueWolfVI]

I have a WD Green 2tb, but it was full because I've tons of games and short film projects. I've decided to expand the HDD by buying a WD Black 6 tb. I've followed every steps from a video to migrate the HDD but some I ended up messing up the HDD because it's only 2 tb usable now. I'm sitting here hopelessly frustrated because I tried everything what I could do to recover it back to 5.5 tb. I've tried formatting it, but with no luck.

 

[BlueWolfVI]

I'm sorry if it doesn't really make sense. It's because English is not my first language.

 

[elbert]

Did you make it a gpart disk? If not try converting in windows disk managment. It should let you then extend the volume.

 

[jimmysmitty]

When you initialized the HDD in disk management did you select MBR or GPT?

If you selected MBR then it has a partition limitation of 2TB and you will need to format the disk and convert it to a GPT in order for all 5.5TB to be made into a single useable partition:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/convert-mbr-to-gpt-disk

 

[BlueWolfVI]

When you initialized the HDD in disk management did you select MBR or GPT?

If you selected MBR then it has a partition limitation of 2TB and you will need to format the disk and convert it to a GPT in order for all 5.5TB to be made into a single useable partition:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/convert-mbr-to-gpt-disk

I face-palmed to myself, that was the easiest solution I ever had. Thank you.