I'm not sure if the hard drive is failing, its an older IDE drive. I just formatted the drive and disk manager only shows it with 26.9GB and no other unallocated space. Is there any way to reclaim the lost space or is this a typical sign of a drive on its last legs?
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Hey ThrashZone,
MiniTool is also showing only the 26.9GB
Is this enough? It's the same information it seems.
Can you follow option one of this tutorial as well, this should help with more detail about the specs of the drives,
System Information File - Create in Windows
Disk 6 (A) seems to be a small size too, is that one reading right?
Naw, there is another drive like disk 6. They're old 30GB gen 1 OCZ Vertex drives. The disk in question is disk 3.
Yeah, I was just wondering about the other one.
This was the info I wanted from that file,
Some detailed specs,Code:Model WDC WD2500AVJB-63WKA0 ATA Device
Specifications for the 250 GB WD AV EIDE hard drive (WD2500AVJB))
We have a few WD reps here, just for the time being I wonder if their diagnostic sees it as it's actual size,
WD Support / Downloads / Other Products / Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
I'm sure others will have some ideas as well.
Hi,
Also I was reminded lately of this process possibly it might see something windows doesn't ?
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