Windows C not detecting all space.

[KingTing]

My Windows C drive says it has a total of 474GB, but I have a 1TB hard drive connected to it. Is there anyway to expand Windows C?

 

[Semper]

Is the drive partitioned?

[Spotty]

If you open Disk Management you should be able to see more advanced information on the drive, and if the drive has been partitioned (split up in to multiple volumes).

[Kiyometa]

10 minutes ago, KingTing said:

My Windows C drive says it has a total of 474GB, but I have a 1TB hard drive connected to it. Is there anyway to expand Windows C?

 

Following what @Spotty said, you should be able to "expand" the drive if that other space is not used in a seperate partition. If it IS a seperate partition and you want to combine them, for safety, move everything off the extra partition, and then combine them, easiest way is to delete the partition, there by forcing a format and then combining it to your C drive partition.

 

Edit: to be clear, I mean't delete the extra partition, don't delete your C drive... not sure if it would let you, but by god I'm sure someone has done it.

[GoodBytes]

You can use SpaceSniffer (free): http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

To get a visual representation to know the folders in the entire drive that consume the most space, and from there you can free up space

[Spotty]

18 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

You can use SpaceSniffer (free): http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

To get a visual representation to know the folders in the entire drive that consume the most space, and from there you can free up space

Won't help in this instance. The problem is that it's showing the total capacity of the volume as 474GB on a supposedly 1TB drive.

 

@KingTing Do you know what model of drive it is? If you open Device Manager it should show you the drive model number in the Disk Drives group.

[GoodBytes]

21 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Won't help in this instance. The problem is that it's showing the total capacity of the volume as 474GB on a supposedly 1TB drive.

Oh miss understood. I thought it was the C:\ partition that was consuming a lot.

Sorry

[homeap5]

Use MiniTool Partition Wizard and expand your C:.

[KingTing]

I have Macrium Reflect open and I can see that it has 442GB unallocated . How to I combine this with Windows C?

 

[homeap5]

6 minutes ago, KingTing said:

I have Macrium Reflect open and I can see that it has 442GB unallocated . How to I combine this with Windows C?

 

I already answered.

[KingTing]

Ok I figured it out with you guys' help. Thank you all very much!