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

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  1. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
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    750GB drive shows as only 365GB drive - where's the rest of it?


    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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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    Post a screen shot of Disk Management.
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  3. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Do you mean start>administrative tools>computer management?
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    Yep; and then poke "Disk Management" on the left side of that window.
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  5. NRT
    Posts : 378
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
       #5

    yeah.... in that left pane -> Disk Management :)
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  6. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    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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  7. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    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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  8. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Can I simply delete the 348.77 volume, then reformat the disk?
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  9. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #9

    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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  10. Posts : 49
    Win 7 HP 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Hopefully this will show ...


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