Windows 10: I want to convert drive 4 to gpt

,I have got this far ,but my instructions don’t go any farther
What do I do now

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Disk Management in WIndows 10

After I partition the drive 4 times it ask me if I want to convert the drive to GPT, bu the 1.6 TB is still listed as unallocated. When I fight click on the unallocated portion of the drive my only options are help or properties.

The 1.6 TB portion of the drive is still show as unallocated in **** management.

again help help

 

Installation of 64 bit windows on 32 bit ×64 based processor

But on installation it says it needs a gpt drive

How do i convert my drive into gpt

 

Your drive 4 is already GPT. That's why there is an asterisk * in the GPT column for drive 4.

The following command's will erase everything on drive 4, but what you would do next would be:

select disk 4
clean
convert GPT
create part primary
select part 1
format quick fs=NTFS
exit
exit

 

It should be disk 1 you are looking at. It looks like a 3 TB drive that is partitioned as MBR which has a 2 TB limit.

 

i wont boot plugged in i thought i need to convert it,i'll try desk 1 ,it is a new external drive.

 

Windows support for large-capacity disks as non-booting data volumes

Capacity beyond 2 TB cannot be addressed by Windows if the disk is initialized by using the MBR partitioning scheme. For example, for a 4 TB single disk that is initialized by using MBR, Windows can create partitions up to the first 2 TB (2048 GB). However, the remaining capacity cannot be addressed and, therefore, cannot be used.

How to initialize a data disk by using GPT

Open the Disk Management utility.

When a non-initialized disk is detected by Windows, the following window opens to prompt you to initialize the disk.

In the Initialize Disk dialog box, click GPT (GUID Partition Table), and then press OK.





After the disk is initialized, you must create a partition, and then format that partition by using a file system. To do this, right-click the unallocated space on the right side of the status row for that disk, and then click New Simple Volume. Follow the steps in the partition wizard to complete this process.

How to convert an MBR disk to GPT

If you have previously initialized the disk by using the MBR partitioning scheme, follow these steps to initialize the disk by using the GPT scheme.

Open the Disk Management utility.

Right-click the partition that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volume (see screenshot below).

You need to delete all existing partitions on the disk.





Note that Disk 1 contains two separate unallocated sections (see screenshot below).

Right-click the label on the left for the disk that you want to convert, and then click Convert to GPT Disk.





The display should now show that the full amount of available space in unallocated (see screenshot below).

Right-click the unallocated space on the right side of the status row for that disk, and then click New Simple Volume.

Follow the steps in the partition wizard to complete this process.

 

Thanks Avocado for the detailed instructions ,much appropriated