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HDD Partition error
Hi
Thanks. still can't figure out how to proceed. The diskpart screenshot is attached. Can you help how to do next?
sandipgumtya365 Sorry I gave you the wrong instructions. You have two options to check if that disk is GPT or MBR partition scheme.
- Command Prompt
- Open command prompt
- Type in diskpart
- Type in list disk
2) Using the Disk Management Tool
- Press the windows key + R to open the Run dialog, then type diskmgmt.msc and then hit enter
- Locate the disk you want to check, then right-click it and select properties.
- Click over to the Volumes tab, and next to Partition style you'll see either MBR or GPT
Hi,
Performed those steps but still unable to use the free space of 32 GB. You can refer to the screenshot.
Thanks
sandipgumtya365 Good morning. These step I posted weren't to fix the issue, but to verify the partition scheme and ensure that it wasn't GPT.
Your screenshot shows that the drive is in fact MBR, so you should be able to use that free space.
I've seen this happen maybe twice in the past 15 years I've been working on Windows devices, and never did any investigating into why this was happening. Both time I was able to resolve this by creating a partition that was a little smaller than the amount of free space available. So for instance if it said I have 50gb free space but wouldn't let me create a 50gb partition, then I would create a partition for 48gb and it worked.
Have you tried creating a smaller partition to see if that works?
Yes, Tried for 5 or 10 GB but to no avail. same issue. This partition had a lot of data but I had formatted it. Now able to create a partition. How to tackle this?
