Yes but my hard disk is 2 tb used and if i want to mount split image to it, then it will formatted, so i went through pen drive mode.
I tried using two different micro sd cards and two different pen drives also ...still struggling..
Your 2tb will have a partition on it. You can always add more partitions for use a data partitions.
I would stop trying things. It probably isn't what you are doing. Once I run a few tests (later), I will know for sure. Output from the screen is very helpful.