Solved Missing ~200 GB space after recovering partition from SSD

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Hi,

My OCZ Vestor SSD died the other day, but luckily I was able to get the ~120 GB of data I had on my drive off of it in Ubuntu (I didn't keep backups, that's changed now :p), and copied it back on to a 300 GB Velociraptor (I used GNU ddrescue for the backup and dd to copy the file on to the Velociraptor). Thing is, while diskpart and Disk Manager both report about a 300 GB partition, Windows Explorer is still showing the 120 GB space from my SSD. How do I get the space to reappear in Explorer???
 

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Guys?

Any help guys? This is really confusing me and I'd appreciate any help I could get!
 

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Aha!

Here you go:

PartitionWizard.png

That explains it, this shows a 120 GB partition! How come everything but this and Explorer shows otherwise? Also, would GPartEd show this? It's my preferrred partitioning tool, so if it would show this then I'll reboot in to it and fix this up.
 

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It was the "DD" command that you did, it does a bit to bit copy. The partition information the disk information was all copied to the other drive. Now what you need todo is pull everything that you want to save off the drive and format then put everything back.
 

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I'll be getting a new SSD to replace the Vector soon (going over to Samsung now :P), would it work to just copy the partition from the Velociraptor to the Samsong with GPartEd? Or would that cause the same problems? Asking because I've previously copied my 2 TB RAID0 partition over to a 2 TB external drive using GPartEd with no problems whatever.
 

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OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD FX-6200 3.8 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M5A97
Memory
Patriot Viper DDR3 1866 MHz 4GBx4
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS nVidia GTX 660Ti DirectCU II
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Dell U2312HM, Acer X233H
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1x Seagate Velociraptor 10k RPM 500GB
2x WD Green 5400 RPM 500GB
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 500GB
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Hi there
GPARTED is just fine - also unlike Minitool Partition wizard which says it has a bootable USB - there's no way to make one -- even the PAID version doesn't throw up the menu that it says exists on the site - especially if you don't have a physical DVD drive and try and mount the ISO as a virtual drive (Windows 8/8.1 has this feature as standard).

I was warned about the PRO version of Partition wizard -- DO NOT BUY IT - IT'S A RIP OFF. Stick with GPARTED - Free - easy to use, can make a bootable USB, and supports ALL partition types (not just basic Windows ones).

Cheers
jimbo



Cheers
jimbo
 

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Awesome, thanks Jimbo :) Once I get the Samsung SSD I'll just copy the partition over with GPartEd and then resize it to match the drive size :) Marking the thread as solved.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD FX-6200 3.8 GHzPatriot Viper DDR3 1866 MHz 4GBx4ASUS nVidia GTX 660Ti DirectCU II
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD FX-6200 3.8 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M5A97
Memory
Patriot Viper DDR3 1866 MHz 4GBx4
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS nVidia GTX 660Ti DirectCU II
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Dell U2312HM, Acer X233H
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1x Seagate Velociraptor 10k RPM 500GB
2x WD Green 5400 RPM 500GB
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 500GB
PSU
Cooler Master 500 Watt
Case
Tsunami W1
Cooling
Corsair H60 push/pull
Keyboard
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate
Mouse
Razer Deathadder
Internet Speed
2 mbit/s
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Mozilla Firefox

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Cha...EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
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