Issue with HDD or MB?

[Oghorcath]

Im not completely tech savvy but my HDD which is 3TB only registers 746GB. Ive updated my BIOS just to be safe and not exactly sure where to go from there. any help?

[unidentical]

Go to your start menu, right click on computer or my computer and select manage. In the left hand pane will be a set of options you're looking for disc management.

 

What does the drive report as in there?

[Oghorcath]

6 minutes ago, unidentical said:

Go to your start menu, right click on computer or my computer and select manage. In the left hand pane will be a set of options you're looking for disc management.

 

What does the drive report as in there?

Im on 8.1 exactly how do I get to that..

[unidentical]

Gotcha, probably just use the search feature and type in disc management actually. Or open a folder and click on the my computer like on the left from there to get to the manager option.

[Oghorcath]

Just now, unidentical said:

Gotcha, probably just use the search feature and type in disc management actually. Or open a folder and click on the my computer like on the left from there to get to the manager option.

yea as soon as I hit the button I figured it out myself.. but I got 2400 unallocated.

[unidentical]

3 minutes ago, Oghorcath said:

yea as soon as I hit the button I figured it out myself.. but I got 2400 unallocated.

Alright, if you right click on your 740gb partition you should have the option to expand our extend. Can't remember the exact verbiage. But that will let you add the unallocated space to your existing partition without reformatting.

[Oghorcath]

1 minute ago, unidentical said:

Alright, if you right click on your 740gb partition you should have the option to expand our extend. Can't remember the exact verbiage. But that will let you add the unallocated space to your existing partition without reformatting.

can shrink but cant extend volume.

[unidentical]

9 minutes ago, Oghorcath said:

can shrink but cant extend volume.

Well I just learned something new. Apparently how the volumes are graphically located means something and windows can only extend a partition to the right. Since your ç: volume is already to the right it cannot be extended.

 

The only option I'm aware of beyond starting over would be to format the unallocated space as a new piston and use it as a second drive.

[Oghorcath]

8 hours ago, unidentical said:

Well I just learned something new. Apparently how the volumes are graphically located means something and windows can only extend a partition to the right. Since your ç: volume is already to the right it cannot be extended.

 

The only option I'm aware of beyond starting over would be to format the unallocated space as a new piston and use it as a second drive.

well I'm not confident enough to completely restart so I've just allocated the rest of the space for another drive.  Thank you for helping