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[Charlie27364]

I have this spare old computer that is super laggy and I've been thinking of what to do with it. I heard of haiku and how it works amazing on weak hardware. I was to download the ISO, use windows disk imager to put it on the USB, and put it in my old computer install, but than I came into a problem. I was going to look into my USB through file explorer, but than it said it had to be formatted, so I accidently did, but I set it to 689MB. Is there any way I can set it back to it's original full capacity?

 

(I know your not suppose to format it, again, it was an accident)

[KraftDinner]

I have this spare old computer that is super laggy and I've been thinking of what to do with it. I heard of haiku and how it works amazing on weak hardware. I was to download the ISO, use windows disk imager to put it on the USB, and put it in my old computer install, but than I came into a problem. I was going to look into my USB through file explorer, but than it said it had to be formatted, so I accidently did, but I set it to 689MB. Is there any way I can set it back to it's original full capacity?

 

(I know your not suppose to format it, again, it was an accident)

Try formatting it again, is there not an option to choose the amount?

[BlazingGunnerFTW]

I have this spare old computer that is super laggy and I've been thinking of what to do with it. I heard of haiku and how it works amazing on weak hardware. I was to download the ISO, use windows disk imager to put it on the USB, and put it in my old computer install, but than I came into a problem. I was going to look into my USB through file explorer, but than it said it had to be formatted, so I accidently did, but I set it to 689MB. Is there any way I can set it back to it's original full capacity?

 

(I know your not suppose to format it, again, it was an accident)

You could extend the partition to the whole drive.

 

That could work.

 

It worked for me in windows.

[dukethedj]

You could extend the partition to the whole drive.

 

That could work.

 

It worked for me in windows.

 

It did not do that for me. I have the same issue

[Charlie27364]

Try formatting it again, is there not an option to choose the amount?

 

You could extend the partition to the whole drive.

 

That could work.

 

It worked for me in windows.

 https://imgur.com/gallery/6xHm6oc/new

 

Doesn't let me choose. Only one option. Also do you know how to post images to LTT forums? It says this type of link is not welcomed here..

[ManWithBeard1990]

Problem is that thing tries to format the partition, not the entire drive. in order to do that you're going to need a third-party utility.

GParted is a good one but the catch-22 here is that you're going to have to install it on a live USB stick if you're on Windows. Do you have an extra one?

[Charlie27364]

Problem is that thing tries to format the partition, not the entire drive. in order to do that you're going to need a third-party utility.

GParted is a good one but the catch-22 here is that you're going to have to install it on a live USB stick if you're on Windows. Do you have an extra one?

Sadly I don't, I got three new USB drives coming in.

[Samsonsuperco]

I have this spare old computer that is super laggy and I've been thinking of what to do with it. I heard of haiku and how it works amazing on weak hardware. I was to download the ISO, use windows disk imager to put it on the USB, and put it in my old computer install, but than I came into a problem. I was going to look into my USB through file explorer, but than it said it had to be formatted, so I accidently did, but I set it to 689MB. Is there any way I can set it back to it's original full capacity?

 

(I know your not suppose to format it, again, it was an accident)

1.  Open a cmd window.

 

2. Type "diskpart" without quotations and press enter.

 

3. In the new cmd window that opened, type "list disk" without quotations and press enter.

 

4. Find your drive and type "select" and then the number that corresponds with your drive without quotations and press enter.

 

5. Type "clean" without quotations and press enter.

 

6. Type "create partition primary" without quotations and press enter.

 

7. Close the cmd windows and format the drive.

[Charlie27364]

Finally got it. I was messing with Disk Management for a while and when I right clicked the partition it wouldn't let me delete. Than I clicked it, clicked the delete on the top, and it worked. Back to it's original size.