Solved 750GB drive shows as only 365GB drive - where's the rest of it?

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I bought a hard drive enclosure so I could use an old (year old) 750GB drive as a place to store backups - the USB drive I've been using will only hold one system image at a time, and if I end up having to reinstall Windows using it I invariably lose some files.

I used a 3rd party disk utility program to wipe the drive- but it only shows about one half of what the drive is labeled as.
I went into diskpart and listed the volumes and it says the same! Now where could this other 300 odd Gigabytes have gone?
 

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Post a screen shot of Disk Management.
 

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Do you mean start>administrative tools>computer management?
 

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Yep; and then poke "Disk Management" on the left side of that window.
 

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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
yeah.... in that left pane -> Disk Management :)
 

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Duh, no coffee yet - here it is:

For some reason, I can't post an image from the screen shot - I've done it and it's now an image in paint, but even copy then cntrl v OR simply right click paste will not copy it over .. what am I doing wrong??
 

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I was just looking at disk management, and it shows unallocated space as 349.87 and the 2nd as 348.77 primary, healthy NTFS partiton.
 

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Can I simply delete the 348.77 volume, then reformat the disk?
 

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You need to add that unallocated space to a partition.

But don't do anything until you post a pic of Disk Management. The tool you need can't be determined until we see the pic.

To post a pic, use "go advanced", then "manage attachments", then browse to your saved picture and choose "upload".
 

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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Hopefully this will show ...

mydrives.jpg
 

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It looks like absolutely nothing is on E, the 348.77 gb partition.

Is that correct?

If so, just delete it.

You should then have close to 700 GB of unallocated space.

Then make one new partition that takes up ALL of the unallocated space.

You should be able to do that with a few mouse clicks in Disk Management.

You will have to then format this new partition.

Make the new partition and post another picture.
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
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Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
I think this is right ....

Thanks - I think this is what I'm looking for, correct? Almost 700GB but not quite.
 

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You just won a cigar.

All you have to do is format it.
 

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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Isn't it already formatted? It does say NTFS
 

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Yeah, I didn't catch that in the pic.

Partitions have to be formatted to be used. A quick format takes seconds. A full format can take hours.
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
OK, I should be good to go then - can I now mark this as solved?
 

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Intel i3
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Intel
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6GB
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated w/ MoBo
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Same as above
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E-Machine 17"
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Seagate 1TB
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Stock 450Watt
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Sure, assuming you have no further issues.

I'd give that new drive a more descriptive name, but it's your choice.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Thanks ;-)

Hey, thank you very much! Yeah, not much flair in that name, is there?
 

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Intel
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated w/ MoBo
Sound Card
Same as above
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E-Machine 17"
Hard Drives
Seagate 1TB
PSU
Stock 450Watt
Case
stock
Cooling
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