Should i flash my HDD?

[Abzilla]

So i have a 1TB HDD but it says i only have 459GB to use in total, idk if i should flash the drive, i already have copied the files to another External HDD

pls help

Thanks in advance

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Open Disk Management and have a look at your partitions to see if there is any unallocated space that's just sitting there.

[APasz]

Flashing isn't the right word. Is your HDD formatted with 2 partitions?

[Abzilla]

on Disk 0 unallocated it says 931.51GB

[Guest]

Just now, Abzilla said:

on Disk 0 unallocated it says 931.51GB

Can you post a screenshot? Cause that seems odd. You have around 500 GB to use but you have 900 unusable on a 1tb hdd

[Abzilla]

as dumb as it sounds idk how to get the screenshot to show

 

[Creed1]

Just now, Abzilla said:

as dumb as it sounds idk how to get the screenshot to show

 

One way without downloading software is to use windows built in snipping tool and then saving that screenshot to your desktop and uploading it to the forum. 

[VVoltor]

1 minute ago, Abzilla said:

as dumb as it sounds idk how to get the screenshot to show

 

Press PrntScr on your keyboard, open Paint and press Ctrl + V

[APasz]

Press PrtScn on your keyboard and paste into paint, save and upload with a comment on this thread.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, Abzilla said:

as dumb as it sounds idk how to get the screenshot to show

 

open the window, press Print Screen on your keyboard (find the one that kind of says it, different keyboards, different ways of shortening it), paste on Paint and crop out the window. Save as an image and post it here.

[Abzilla]

1 minute ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

One way without downloading software is to use windows built in snipping tool and then saving that screenshot to your desktop and uploading it to the forum. 

Thanks!

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, CmzPlusHardware said:

One way without downloading software is to use windows built in snipping tool and then saving that screenshot to your desktop and uploading it to the forum. 

I forgot about that. God that'll save me so much time and not have Paint awkwardly in the taskbar.

[Abzilla]

[APasz]

The partition you are using is on disk 1. Format disk 0 and then you can use it.

[Abzilla]

its the F drive BTW

 

[Abzilla]

is there anyways to be able to use it?

 

 

[Jade]

Those 459GB drives you're seeing are your F and G partitions (named "Packard Bell" and "DATA", respectively). To create a partition on Disk 0, right click on the "unallocated" space, new simple partition, and go through that wizard.

 

If you want to merge your F and G partitions, you need to delete G (you can only expand a partition to the right, for whatever god forsaken reason), right click on F, click extend, just keep clicking next, and you should have a full 931GB drive.

[APasz]

As I said. Format it by right-clicking it and hit format. You'll then be able to use it as a normal drive.

[Abzilla]

OK done! Its the K HDD

Thanks Everyone!!!! :DD