OK, I found out what needs to be done & since no one else knows I thought I'd share it with you. This way, if you make the same mistake you'll know what to do.
I guess GPT disks need to be unmounted or removed from disk mgmt & then there will be no issues at all. I don't know this for certain but someday I'll have the chance to check this out. However, if you didn't know any better, like me, the best course of advice is to just reattach the drive where it was & go from there. Big differences from MBR to GPT. HTH you guys. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [H] GPT_disk_moving?! > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, July 06, 2014 3:08 am > To: [email protected] > > > Have a 3TB disk I installed in my Win7 box. Planned to backup a bunch of > stuff & pull the drive for safe keeping. I used GPT as it has the 3TB > support. I pulled drive then put it on a SATA to USB 3 cable to read the > drive. Win7 acted like it never saw it. I opened disk management & it > asked me if I wanted MBR or GPT... I picked GPT & now it wants to format > the drive... WTF did I do?! GPT is foreign to me & Google searching is > making me panic with results! I stopped after selecting GPT, again - I > did not format... > > > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > > "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
