GPT Protected Partition

[trevm999]

Whenever I try to pull a GPT drive from a Windows 8+, if I try to put it in my SATA-to USB adapter, it has always shows up at GPT Protected Partition. Has anyone else been seeing this? Is it just my adapter that I use?

 

[Larry Sabo]

Does the adapter connect via USB 2 or 3.0? Looking for solutions yielded the following, which is weird.

They cables were bad, it was just that the 2 t drive was formatted, and data written to it using the USB 3 cables. The other drive was formatted using a USB 2. I jut switched the data cables, did not get any other cables. Just something querky about how each works.

Other posts were unhelpful.

 

[trevm999]

Does the adapter connect via USB 2 or 3.0? Looking for solutions yielded the following, which is weird.

Other posts were unhelpful.

USB 2, result is the same whether connecting to USB 2 or USB 3 port. I don't do anything this way often, and so I've always just went about things another way, but it is starting to get annoying because I think I just use it quickly, but then I can't. If no one else encounters this, it must be my adapter, which is too bad since it had been a rock solid one.

EDIT: When booted up to Parted Magic, the drive shows up as a raw drive, time for a new adapter I guess.

 

[trevm999]

Any recommendations for its replacement?

 

[Larry Sabo]

If it's USB 2, it probably doesn't play nice with 4K-format drives. I recommend a drive dock rather than adapter. This one works well for me.

 

[NviGate Systems]

What OS are you running? Any OS that is not GPT aware will only show GPT protected to prevent non GPT utilities from accessing the drive.

Just a thought.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Any OS that is not GPT aware will only show GPT protected

I think it's just XP 32-bit that isn't GPT-aware, and Paragon has a driver to make it so.

 

[trevm999]

If it's USB 2, it probably doesn't play nice with 4K-format drives. I recommend a drive dock rather than adapter. This one works well for me.

I got not quite the same one, but a similar model. It takes FOREVER to mount drives in Windows 10. I believe it is because Windows installs each drive as a new device (which takes 5-10 minutes for some reason). Linux is cool with it. Any good way to avoid this in Windows?

 

[Larry Sabo]

That's weird, and something that I don't seem to encounter -- unless the drive is in rough shape with lots of sectors pending reallocation (in which case, I would have used my hardware imager rather than expose the drive to Windows). If it's a Western Digital drive, it could have a firmware issue that makes it initialize and read v e r y slowly.

 

[DataMedics]

I think it largely depends on the USB dock you use whether it passes the drive ID through to the OS. I know these SATDOC2U233 docs I have don't pass the drive ID through (which annoys me in my work) so it doesn't install a driver each time. But, I've never seen it take more than about 1 min to install the driver either. Is your internet really slow there or something?

 

[trevm999]

That's weird, and something that I don't seem to encounter -- unless the drive is in rough shape with lots of sectors pending reallocation (in which case, I would have used my hardware imager rather than expose the drive to Windows). If it's a Western Digital drive, it could have a firmware issue that makes it initialize and read v e r y slowly.

I've tried three different drives (all ones that have tested OK before), two different computers. After it installs, if I put a drive I've already had in once before, it's good to go.

I think it largely depends on the USB dock you use whether it passes the drive ID through to the OS. I know these SATDOC2U233 docs I have don't pass the drive ID through (which annoys me in my work) so it doesn't install a driver each time. But, I've never seen it take more than about 1 min to install the driver either. Is your internet really slow there or something?

Internet is 200 Mbps symmetrical...however Windows Update is connected to a WSUS server, so maybe it takes so long because it is searching for a driver from Windows Update that isn't there?

 

[trevm999]

Turned off "Do you want to automatically download manufacturers' apps and custom icons available for your devices" and it works great now, must be the WSUS server thing, and the WSUS server is probably slower.