4TB, GPT, Diskpart et al

modi123 said:

Diagonal lines means it's selected in the disk management tool.

Is this 4tb now your 'C' drive?

Did you need any bios updates?

Some clearer steps:
https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/how-to-format-your-drive-on-windows/

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01101001 said:

I'm having a heck of a time getting a new 4TB drive up, running and useable for data.

I tried to find software that would accomplish this seemingly simple task, but
it seems free software has limitations (Minitools) and I don't have $130 to throw
at this issue to get a Pro version.

So, I found instructions on how to use Diskpart. I fumbled my way through the commands
and eventually got the drive set to GPT / Primary but when I get to the format command
all I get is:

"DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick

There is no volume selected.
Please select a volume and try again.

DISKPART>"

I got the drive formatted via disk management & its recognized as 4TB (3725.01GB) Healthy (Basic Data Partition). There are diagonal lines across the partition, not sure what that indicates but shouldn't the drive be EFI ??) Minitools PM sees it as well.

But Windows does not see the drive. How do I get this across the finish line?

TIA

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