WTF HAPPENED TO MY CORSAIR FLASH DRIVE?!!? IT WAS 125 GB AND NOW IT'S 32GB?!?!?

[lovingGamer]

So.. i had to turn my usd into bootable device did that.. everything fine installed my new OS and guess what happened?

My storage on that USB stick is no longer same.. how do i fix that?

[dcgreen2k]

Have you tried formatting it?

[njmyers3]

That's just the size of the partition. When you formatted it, it changed the partition size. You can probably expand it.

[Jasun]

Where did you buy this flash drive? 

 

There are many scams out there where people fake the storage of the USB to a higher amount to try to earn more profit. 

[NumLock21]

37 minutes ago, lovingGamer said:

So.. i had to turn my usd into bootable device did that.. everything fine installed my new OS and guess what happened?

My storage on that USB stick is no longer same.. how do i fix that?

Just repartition it back to its full capacity.

[jamesnightingale]

If you brought it from a trusted buyer or it was 120 gb when you got it then format it.

[lovingGamer]

On 11/25/2017 at 6:07 PM, thegreengamers said:

Have you tried formatting it?

Just tried that and since i made it as bootable device name changed to "ESD-USB"

[lovingGamer]

On 11/25/2017 at 6:08 PM, njmyers3 said:

That's just the size of the partition. When you formatted it, it changed the partition size. You can probably expand it.

expand how ?

[lovingGamer]

On 11/25/2017 at 6:09 PM, Jasun said:

Where did you buy this flash drive? 

 

There are many scams out there where people fake the storage of the USB to a higher amount to try to earn more profit. 

From Corsair... It's legit..

[lovingGamer]

On 11/25/2017 at 6:43 PM, NumLock21 said:

Just repartition it back to its full capacity.

how ?

[njmyers3]

31 minutes ago, lovingGamer said:

expand how ?

In windows you can use disk management, just right click the partition and click "expand". On Linux, you can use gparted but I'm not confident enough in giving the steps for it.

[dcgreen2k]

1 hour ago, njmyers3 said:

In windows you can use disk management, just right click the partition and click "expand". On Linux, you can use gparted but I'm not confident enough in giving the steps for it.

 

1 hour ago, lovingGamer said:

expand how ?

If you're done with the Windows installation, delete the partition that the installer is on and expand the existing one. It should be the same for both Disk Management and Gparted, just do some clicking around; you won't break anything unless you're stupid.

[lovingGamer]

18 hours ago, njmyers3 said:

In windows you can use disk management, just right click the partition and click "expand". On Linux, you can use gparted but I'm not confident enough in giving the steps for it.

I don't know how to do that...

[lovingGamer]

18 hours ago, njmyers3 said:

In windows you can use disk management, just right click the partition and click "expand". On Linux, you can use gparted but I'm not confident enough in giving the steps for it.

Now i did something.. and my PC can't reconize Corsair USB flash drive...

[scottyseng]

51 minutes ago, lovingGamer said:

Now i did something.. and my PC can't reconize Corsair USB flash drive...

I'm guessing that flash drive just hates life. I would bug corsair to RMA it.

 

Yeah, if you had bought it from ebay or some sketch third party from amazon, they do sell fake flash drives / SD cards and use a trick to make the drive look "larger". I thought it was one of those until you mentioned you bought it from a legit place.