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Hail all:
System: (Note: No Watercooling used.)
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MAG B460 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C81) (U3E1) (Motherboard)
Intel Core i5 10600K @ 4.10GHz 28 °C (CPU)
64,0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1196MHz (RAM)
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 4095MB 42 °C (GPU)
KINGSTON SNVS500GB (SATA-2 (SSD)) ( NVMe Boot/System Device)
SPCC Solid State Disk (SATA (SSD)) (Virtual Memory-/Swapfile Drive)
3726GB Hitachi HGST HUS726040ALE610 (SATA ) 20° - 30°C (x 6, 34TB total) (Data Drives)
Windows 11 Enterprise x64 23H2
Nedis Coatyss "Nedis GKBD400bkus" Metal Mechanical Keyboard
PERIMICE-517 - Wired Ergonomic Vertical Trackball Mouse – Perixx UK
Issue:
Through a HDD/SSD Hub, I wanted to move data from older disk to current disk.
This drive was a W10Ult_X64, never had issues.
Now, the GTP Base Partition turned somehow into a GTP Protected Partition, and shows on top mere HALF the total hdd size (3TB became 16'384MB???) which I totally fail to comprehend.
How can I swap the partition back to GTP Base Partition without loosing data?
I cannot reinstall W10Ult_x64 to access the drive ... .
Please assist?
Thank you.
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hello shiva
hello shiva
hello shiva
Hi.
Could you help me, please?
hello shiva
Anyone, please?
Anyone, please?
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Hello
It seems there is something wrong with the disk partition table.
If the data is virtal, we may consider to ask for help from the professional data recovery center.
If it is safe to remove the data, we could try the steps listed in the following link.
How To Fix GPT Protective Partition Issue Without Data Loss? (diskgenius.com)
@Wesley Li
Thank you, sir.
Li ... are you Chinese in origin?
If so:
Ni hao.
Now, I fail to understand, how a Win 10 Ult NTSF is not accepted by Win 11Ent?
It is identical in system, in format, in partition form, so, why did Win 11 Ent lock the partition down?
Also, only 16gb is found from the 3TB drive, as is.
So darn frustrating!
Is this some "security" measure against data theft or so?
If it is, it is DARN annoying, as I am totally stuck, I will check the link, and hopefully ... we can get the data from the drives.
The data is, indeed, vital, hence.
Thank you, I will keep you posted.
Sir, I tried a few options with DiskGenius, however ... it appears, Win 11 Enterprise X64 refuses to let go of this "protective state" of the disks.
No matter how, I just cannot get to the data.
A friend told me to get a Wind10Ult_x64 system, and go through that way, alas, I have no PC that I can turn into a Win10Ult_x64 OS computer.
Installing Win10Ult_x64 on this system, Dual Boot with BootManager, is not an option either, as it is a server system, and booting in Win10Ult_x64 to move the data would hamper users during this period.
I have to move 9 TB, which will take quite some time.
Also ... I fear ... Win 11 Ent destroyed the partitions on these drives, as I can't get to them, not even through DiskGenius.
If this IS the case ... I am very, VERY screwed ... .
I fail to understand, WHY Win 11 Ent locked the damn drives.
Win10Ult_x64 uses the EXACT SAME Drive Tables, NTSF Partition Format, the whole shabang, yet, Win11Ent_x64 locked the 4 drives out.
It therefore is NOT the general "excuse" that Windows "cannot read another format".
An EXCUSE, indeed so, as, Windows, even today, will format Fat 16, Fat 32, and other formats.
While back, I had a fella with a drive, from back in the 90's.
Fat 16.
It contained data from back in the days (digitalised photos), which he wanted to have on back.
I had, using an IDE controller card, put the drive in his computer, and 'lo and behold?
It worked like a charm on his Win10Home.
Data was recovered.
So, all that "Cannot read blahblah older stuff" ... nonsense.
But then, WHAT is the issue, WHY does Win11Ent_x64 locked the damn drives down?
Make these inaccessible?
And WHY does Win11Ent_x64 not provide a tool to overcome this issue, considering, this is a Win11Ent_x64 created issue???
The further we venture in time, the more Microsoft screws Windows up, and us as customers.
And we do not have the power to legally fight this.
Criminals, all these industrialists. :(