jtcgiants56
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unplug or remove that drive - then verify that windows will boot..
with that drive removed and if windows boots - you can remove the partitions from that disk 3..
As this is disk 3 you MAY have another OS disk that has the required reserve partition that is actually being used..
can't really say for sure what is what - because you have only shown one disk, out of several
See screenshot below. I know that I shouldn't delete the GPT reserved partition if I had an OS installed on this drive, but I don't. It's a pure data drive. I'd like to keep the J: and delete the Other partition if possible. Is this safe?
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That efi partition is there to Run UEFI/GPT so that you can use your 3TB hard drive as one partition Since BIOS/MBR only allow maximum 2 TB
That efi partition is there to Run UEFI/GPT so that you can use your 3TB hard drive as one partition Since BIOS/MBR only allow maximum 2 TB
Good to know - I knew of the 2TB limit - but did not realize or even notice the 2.73TB drive size
See screenshot below. I know that I shouldn't delete the GPT reserved partition if I had an OS installed on this drive, but I don't. It's a pure data drive. I'd like to keep the J: and delete the Other partition if possible. Is this safe?
View attachment 60950
That efi partition is there to Run UEFI/GPT so that you can use your 3TB hard drive as one partition Since BIOS/MBR only allow maximum 2 TB
See screenshot below. I know that I shouldn't delete the GPT reserved partition if I had an OS installed on this drive, but I don't. It's a pure data drive. I'd like to keep the J: and delete the Other partition if possible. Is this safe?
View attachment 60950
That efi partition is there to Run UEFI/GPT so that you can use your 3TB hard drive as one partition Since BIOS/MBR only allow maximum 2 TB
Hmm, that's interesting you say this because I have another 3TB HD that only has a single GPT partition where all my data resides. No other partitions at all on the drive. For whatever it's worth this drive is connected through SATA while the one I took the screenshot for above is on eSATA.