Re: Chkdsk 4TB doesn't complete

Dave,

I have read that one before. All it seems to state is that in order to
access over 2TB of space the drive has to use GPT instead of MBR and I must
have Windows server 2003 SP1 or Windows Vista.

Here is what I'm asking. During a reboot when I trigger a check disk the
disk checking is taking place before the GUI loads and before Windows Vista
loads. So I'm wondering if since Vista has not completely loaded yet is
chkdsk able to access the drive since I had to use GPT instead of MBR to
access the full 4TB. Once Vista has loaded completely accessing the 4TB is
not a problem.

Tbrox
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Tbrox


"Dave Patrick" wrote:

This article may help.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/LUN_SP1.mspx



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"tbrox" wrote:
I'm runninng Vista Business 32 bit. I have an external USB drive RAID
unit
made my DROBO. I have formatted the unit to 4TB which means the filing
system
must be GPT. When I want to check the drive for errors using chkdsk upon
my
next reboot my computer will go through the checks but when it comes time
to
finish the checking and reboot my computer just hangs and I have to use
the
reset button. Upon the next bootup I have to cancel the file system check
if
I want my computer to boot up properly. If I remove 2 of my drives from
the
RAID and format the DROBO to only 2TB chkdsk testing and rebooting work
properly.

My question is: Is there a 2TB and MBR limit to the chkdks upon reboot
function?

I have been searching but can't find anything about chkdsk limits. The
people at DROBO tell me that they can not duplicate the problem. I have
duplicated the problem on 3 different Windows Vista computers. I think
they
are yanking my chain
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