mudturtle74
join:2007-06-29
Killen, AL
| [hard drive] Hard Drive missing space
I picked up an IBM Deskstar hard drive at a yard sale. It is supposed to be a 40GB drive, p/n 07N7403. I installed it in an external HD case and reformated it. It only shows up as a total of 11.6GB total. Where is the other space on this drive? Am I missing something here? |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
| Use disk management to look at the drive and see what it says - how many partitions and how big it sees the drive. It could very well have a pin places wrong or it could be damaged.
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Brian
"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain |
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mudturtle74
join:2007-06-29
Killen, AL | Okay, disk management shows 11.6GB active and 25.6GB unallocated. How do I change the unallocated section to combine with the active section? |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
1 edit | Delete all partitions and then make one partition out of the whole drive - if there is more than one partition.
If there is only one partition then right click and there should be an option to unallocate I think (been awhile since I have done this). Then you can format the entire drive as one.
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Brian
"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain |
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mudturtle74
join:2007-06-29
Killen, AL | Great, that worked. I now have one full partition with about 37 GB showing. Thanks for your help. I can now upgrade an old computer I have with a larger HD. That worked perfectly. I appreciate your help. |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Glad to help... |
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