Recovering Hard disk space

[matt30192]

Hi There:

Once again a noob question

Does anyone know how to recover space on a hdd after a botched formatting attempt?

Was formatting a 4tb Disk and left the pc as it would obviously take a while, Girlfriend subsequently turned the pc off midway through the operation.

The BIOS is recognizing the drive as having a 4tb capacity however Windows 10 is recognising it as having a max capacity of 3.2tb.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Drkrinklez]

No im afraid not. You can not get the files back.

[EliasNM]

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The most it will show up with is 3.6TB at best, try a reformat again.

[EliasNM]

No im afraid not. You can not get the files back.

He's not after any files but the space it is suppose to have.

[Drkrinklez]

He's not after any files but the space it is suppose to have.

Well couldnt he just remove everything then go from there then? 

[EliasNM]

Well couldnt he just remove everything then go from there then? 

I recommend exactly that to reformat.

[matt30192]

Thanks very much will do

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

Hey there marr30192,

 

If you don't need the data from the HDD (or are able to back it up), the best way to reset a drive is to fill it completely with zeros. This way anything that is not hardware-related damage, will be set back to normal and should clear the mistakes. I could suggest using WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool in order to do that: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=NAJpJv . Do have in mind that after you start this process, the data on the drive will be irrecoverable 

 

Do post back if you have other questions

 

Captain_WD.