How do I recover apparent unused space on my hard drive?

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  1. Posts : 22
    Windows 7, 64-bit
       #1

    How do I recover apparent unused space on my hard drive?


    I'm running Windows 7 Pro with all updates.

    I noticed in Disk Management (see attached screen shot) that my second hard drive (Drive G) seems to have a section that is going unused. It's not listed as unallocated space; it's not identified in any way.

    I've been overhauling my computer and wonder whether in the process I've allowed a virtual drive or clone drive or something like that to be created.

    Is that really unused space? If so, how do I reclaim it?

    PS: That hard drive used to be a dynamic drive. I changed it back to basic drive while retaining the data. The unused space appeared in the dynamic drive as well.
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  2. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #2

    What is the size of the G: drive.

    What you are seeing is just a display anomaly in how Windows displays in Disk Management. All of my drives display the same way.
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  3. BJB
    Posts : 188
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #3

    zarfs said:
    Is that really unused space? If so, how do I reclaim it?
    Have you tried expanding the G drive in disk management?
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  4. Posts : 22
    Windows 7, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Additional information


    When I booted Nero to burn a disk, its browser shows a drive that does not appear in Windows Explorer or Disk Management. It is drive F and is labeled BD-ROM. Whatever it is, I'd like to get rid of it.
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  5. BJB
    Posts : 188
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #5

    BD-ROM is a virtual CD/DVD drive created by Nero in RAM. You can use it just like a real drive by mounting an ISO in it. But it's nothing to do with your original question.
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  6. Posts : 22
    Windows 7, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    To pbcopter — The drive in question is a Maxtor 6L3000S0. Seagate rates its capacity as 300 GB.
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  7. Posts : 22
    Windows 7, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    To BJB — I went to Disk Management to try expanding the G drive, but that option is greyed out.
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  8. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #8

    As I said, the display of the drives you are seeing in Disk Management is normal.

    All the available space on disk 1 is used and is normal..
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  9. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #9

    Unused space ? What are you talking about ?

    Disk 1 is 279 GB and that`s what it shows.

    It only looks a bit smaller because the drive above it is 465 GBs
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  10. Posts : 22
    Windows 7, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Many thanks to you all. I guess working on computers makes me paranoid.
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