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Samsung 120Gb Evo errors/no space?

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August 8, 2014 4:56:42 PM

Here's the story:
My Garry's Mod is broken and I needed a bunch of content so my friend had to manually send all his .gma's to me. I downloaded this shady installer from Speedyshare and downloaded a 41+GB file of content. Keep in mind I have 53 gb free in my ssd. I then download all the addons and store it in my Downloads. I proceed to move the huge folder to my D drive, my 1Tb Hard Drive. I move each folder to the garrysmod folder but after a while it says "You do not have space on this disk", and now Samsung magician is giving me errors http://puu.sh/aKxkV/8f88b5b2c5.png.

Any help to get my 53 gigs back? Thanks in advance!

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a b G Storage
August 8, 2014 5:02:47 PM

I believe that a virus infected the drive and chewed up the remaining space on it. Have you also checked Disk Management to see if the partition size has shrunk?
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August 9, 2014 9:20:06 AM

Nah, it hasn't. It stayed at 9-ish gigs. I ran checkdisk too.
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 10:36:06 AM

Backup ALL data on the drive and low-level format it with H.D.D.L.L.F.
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August 9, 2014 11:16:48 AM

Does it erase the partition too? Could I re-install Windows?
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 11:51:36 AM

What OS is on the drive?
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August 9, 2014 12:29:53 PM

W 7 Home Premium 64bit
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 12:32:45 PM

Do you have the re-installation/installation disc for something like Windows 7 Pro or the same OS?
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August 9, 2014 12:33:55 PM

I have the same os disc, yeah. I was just asking if it deletes the partiton.
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 12:36:09 PM

It destroys all data on the drive beyond recovery. Have you backed up all files on the drive?
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August 9, 2014 12:38:34 PM

The only thing on it is the .gma's which I've already transfered to the folder, Nvidia Drivers and Windows. Easily re obtainable.
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 12:48:05 PM

Download H.D.D.L.L.F. and install it. Run it and select the Samsung 120GB Evo and do a full wipe. That 100% wipes the ENTIRE drive, removes ALL partitions, and the MBR. If the drive came out of a BIOS system, re-initialize the drive the the MBR partition type. If it came out of a UEFI system, re-initialize the drive with the GPT partition type. This MUST be done in Disk Management and with Admin rights. Note: The wipe will take several hours, depending on the size of the drive. A 160GB drive took about 50 minutes on IDE. It should go even faster with a SSD on SATA. Hope it helps! :) 
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August 9, 2014 12:52:17 PM

Thanks so much, will do now!
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 12:55:44 PM

Okay. Let me know of any errors!
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August 9, 2014 3:05:44 PM

I can't format it, it says it has files running on it (windows)
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 3:09:06 PM

Are you using H.D.D.L.L.F; or are you trying to format it through Windows Explorer?
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 3:27:30 PM

Open Command Prompt with Admin Rights. Type in CHKDSK /f /r. Hit Enter. Press Y at the prompt saying you want to force a dismount on the drive. If no error happens, press Ctrl+C. Close Command Prompt and retry HDDLLF. The reason I had you run the CHKDSK /f /r command is to dismount the Samsung drive to format it. DO NOT FORGET to put the drive letter in front of the CHKDSK /f /r command. (E.x. CHKDSK /f /r E:)  Hope that helps!
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 3:41:47 PM

What is the Samsung Evo drive letter?
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August 9, 2014 3:49:20 PM

C
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 3:50:03 PM

Do you have another drive in the system you can boot off of?
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August 9, 2014 3:51:53 PM

CompGee said:
Do you have another drive in the system you can boot off of?


I do but that means I'd have to install Windows on my slow HDD, something I really don't want to do since it's strictly my storage. But if I have to, so be it.
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 4:14:56 PM

Right now, DO NOT install Windows on that drive. Make a new folder on the Samsung drive and place ALL STORAGE DRIVE CONTENTS into that folder. To make it quick, open the root of the storage drive, hold down the Ctrl key and press A. Then press Ctrl+C. Navigate to the folder on the samsung drive and open it. Then press Ctrl+V. Let Windows copy the files and install Windows on that drive. Open the root of the Samsung drive and navigate to Program Files (x86) and copy the HDDLLF folder (may be named HDDGuru or something along those lines to the desktop. Once that is complete, copy all personal data to the Windows disk with the fresh install. Open the folder and navigate to the HDDLLF folder and run the HDDLLF executable (maybe HDDLLF.exe or something like that). Select the Samsung drive and do a full wipe. If the drive came out of a BIOS system, re-initialize the drive the the MBR partition type. If it came out of a UEFI system, re-initialize the drive with the GPT partition type. This MUST be done in Disk Management and with Admin rights. Note: The wipe will take several hours, depending on the size of the drive. A 160GB drive took about 50 minutes on IDE. It should go even faster with a SSD on SATA. Hope it helps! :) 
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August 9, 2014 4:20:55 PM

I can't copy everything, I have nearly 400 gb of data on my storage and, well, my samsung has 0 bytes left on it, let alone the 120 its holds.
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 4:29:32 PM

How large is the storage drive?
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August 9, 2014 4:32:06 PM

CompGee said:
How large is the storage drive?


1000gb
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 4:54:20 PM

This MUST be done with Admin rights. Go into Disk Management and right-click the storage drive partition and click "Shrink". Shrink the partition to 512,000MB (half of the drive). Let the partition shrink to 500GB. There should be 500GB of unallocated space. Right-Click the unallocated space and select "New Partition". Hit "Next" until you need to specify the filesystem type. Set the type to NTFS. Continue hitting "Next" until the partition is created. Install Windows 7 to that partition. It should be called "New Partition". Open the root of the Samsung drive and navigate to Program Files (x86) and copy the HDDLLF folder (may be named HDDGuru or something along those lines to the desktop. Once that is complete, copy all personal data to the Windows disk with the fresh install. Open the folder and navigate to the HDDLLF folder and run the HDDLLF executable (maybe HDDLLF.exe or something like that). Select the Samsung drive and do a full wipe. If the drive came out of a BIOS system, re-initialize the drive the the MBR partition type. If it came out of a UEFI system, re-initialize the drive with the GPT partition type. This MUST be done in Disk Management and with Admin rights. Note: The wipe will take several hours, depending on the size of the drive. A 160GB drive took about 50 minutes on IDE. It should go even faster with a SSD on SATA. Hope it helps! :) 
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August 9, 2014 4:59:25 PM

Is there any chance I can undo all of this on the storage drive once this is done?
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 5:07:33 PM

Yes. When done, re-install Windows 7 on the Samsung drive and open up Disk Management. Delete the Windows 7 partition and the extra partition made by the Windows setup. Merge the 500GB partition with the unallocated 500GB. The 1000GB drive should be fully utilized. Hope it works!
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August 9, 2014 6:17:29 PM

CompGee said:
Yes. When done, re-install Windows 7 on the Samsung drive and open up Disk Management. Delete the Windows 7 partition and the extra partition made by the Windows setup. Merge the 500GB partition with the unallocated 500GB. The 1000GB drive should be fully utilized. Hope it works!


1. My keyboard isn't getting picked up

2. Neither is my Ethernet cable

3. It still says there's activity on the drive after booting from the new partition
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 6:22:31 PM

Windows takes a little while to boot from older drives, so Windows makes the best of them. Are you using a USB keyboard? Have you tried a different Ethernet cable?
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August 9, 2014 6:26:50 PM

Usb yes, and I can't use another cable. I have a 50 foot one stretched across my whole house that barely goes into the port. I've tried a wireless adapter and that didn't pick up either
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a b G Storage
August 9, 2014 6:56:19 PM

Can you access the networking hardware in the house?
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August 9, 2014 7:28:11 PM

I've formatted the add, 3rd installing windows..
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August 9, 2014 7:30:18 PM

Sorry phone autocorrect. The add is wiped. What partitions do I make? How?
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August 10, 2014 11:47:10 AM

It's actually an LG G3 (100% reccomend btw). Anyway, I got the new install, everything is up and running beautifully! I only have one more question: How do I merge all of the unallocated spaces and the 500 gig partitons to make the full 1000 gigs again?

The phone wrote SSD and add, so just substitute add for SSD. 3rd...I don't even know where that came from.
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a b G Storage
August 10, 2014 12:24:48 PM

Did you unplug the storage drive during the install to the SSD?
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August 10, 2014 12:51:18 PM

CompGee said:
Did you unplug the storage drive during the install to the SSD?


Nope.
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a b G Storage
August 10, 2014 1:08:20 PM

I forgot to mention that if there is a bootloader present on one of the hard drives detected on the system, the Windows installation will not add a bootloader to the new installation. I am really sorry for the inconvenience. Shut the system down and unplug the storage drive. Start the system up. You should get BOOTMGR is missing, Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart. Insert the Windows installation disc and restart. Set the CD/DVD drive as the first boot device. Save and reboot. You should boot off of the installation disc. Hit Alt+R. Let Automatic Repair run. Let Windows apply the changes and reboot. During the POST, remove the disc from the drive. If Windows says that there was a error communicating with a device in the computer, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart. If that was all that needed to be done, Windows should boot. If you get NTLDR is missing, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart, insert the Windows installation disc and restart. You should boot off the installation disc. Hit Alt+R. Let Automatic Repair run. Let Windows apply the changes and reboot. During the POST, remove the disc from the drive. If Windows says that there was a error communicating with a device in the computer, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart. If that was all that needed to be done, Windows should boot.
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August 12, 2014 11:54:54 AM

Thanks so much, everything is back to normal.
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a b G Storage
August 12, 2014 3:50:12 PM

You are welcome. Glad to know it worked!
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