Seagate 6 tb drive not seen by windows

Got a 6TB hdd from tigerdirect.ca on sale, and finally put it in my new machine. Guess what? Windows didn’t want anything to do with it. It only saw the first 2TB, and wouldn’t let me address the rest of it. After hours of googling, I found the following tip.

I assume it is a new drive, and not an existing drive that has stopped working? I believe the drive needs to be initialised as GPT.

open an elevated command prompt (right click ‘Command prompt’ in start menu and select ‘Run as Administrator’, or type in CMD in search and do the same).

Type the following followed by enter:
diskpart
list disk
select disk
# (where # is the 6 TB drive)
clean
convert GPT
create partition primary
assign
format quick
exit

Do NOT get the disk wrong when you select the disk! Only do this if there is no data on the 6 TB drive.

It should now show in Windows. keep in mind that it may or may not be bootable depending on you motherboard, it should be though. However, it won’t be bootable from Windows 7. In any case, I’m guessing it is just for storage?

Now I did a few other things that didn’t help on their own but may be part of the solution.

Because it’s wreckable

I was no big fan of Sears, but once the wolves get a hold of a public stock (when it’s in play), they tend to destroy the company and sell off its parts.

The Canadian business, which was perfectly healthy and profitable when I left, has been a victim of Lampert’s intent to essentially liquidate the business,” Mr. Cohen said. “It’s a tragedy.”

via Sears Canada ‘tragedy’ seen as victim of overreach by U.S. hedge fund tycoon Edward Lampert | Financial Post.

New Canadians work hard

Who does most of the dirty jobs that native born Canadians won’t or don’t do?

New immigrants.  I am a witness to some of the hardest working blue collar workers around.  The men from Punjab are hard working, 
peaceful,  and not afraid to get dirty. 

Remember this the next time you decide to bash a brown person’s good name.

Below: is this a picture from the third world? No it’s a scene from Canada where workers (temps) work hard separating recycling material for further processing.

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How I’m not voting tomorrow in Ontario

This is how you do it.

Thanks but no thanksThe deputy returning officer at your poll hands you your ballot and you hand it back. You can, if you wish, say “I decline” while doing this, but there is no requirement for any declaration, oral or written, under the Ontario Election Act. The DRO will write “declined” on the ballot, preserve it for the returning officer and note in the poll record that the elector — you — declined to vote.

via Ontario election 2014: How to vote for ‘none of the above’ — without spoiling your ballot | National Post.

Stay home mom!

This is a good news story, despite the alleged economic reasons for doing so.

American mothers are reversing a historical trend and increasingly staying home, a change driven by demographic, societal and economic forces, including the worst recession in seven decades.

“The majority of mothers would like to be in the workplace,” said D’Vera Cohn, lead author of the report, which used a variety of census and survey data. “There may be a ceiling to how much stay-at-home motherhood can increase.”

I highly doubt the majority of mothers would rather go work a slave job. This isn’t what I’ve heard from women I know.

via More moms staying home, reversing a modern family trend | Toronto Star.