We currently have a Windows 2003 R2 32 bit system attached to a SAN. It
currently has a 1.5TB "disk" allocated to it. We are going to be adding a
3TB area to it soon (as a new disk). We have SP2 installed, so I can use
the GUID partition disks to go over 2TB, but I trying to find out how to
create one. When I initialize the disk through disk manager, it creates an
MBR disk and doesn't give me an option to create a GPT. I realize I can
create an MBR and convert it to GPT , but if the raw "disk" is over 2TB,
will it even allow me to create an MBR? If I do create an MBR, since I
assume it will limited it to 2TB, can I then convert it to GPT then extend
it?
I've done some searching, and have found a bunch of references that say when
initialize the disk in disk manager, it will give you the option of creating
a GPT, but I'm not seeing that option. I assume that's in the 64 bit
versions, since they've supported GPT's longer. The command line DiskPart
doesn't seem to have an option to create a GPT, just convert to/from MBR.
It does have some options for setting the GUID ID, but doesn't seem to be
what I'm looking for.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Mike O.
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