how to factory reset hard drive

akv123

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i have pc that using for recording security ip cameras. the pc got 2 hdd. one is 500gb as main drive, other is 2tb seagate hdd. i had a problem in the software, so i tried to uninstall it and reinstall and now i have a problem with the seagate drive. when i press the "allocate" on the security software, it's allocate the drive, but on the software it's says automaticly that there is no space and not recording anything. when i do the same on the 500gb drive, it's not have this problem. see the screen capture after i allocated both devices:
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as you can see, only 426GB are free from the 500GB, and the 2tb seagate is not avalible. when i allocate only the 2tb, there is no free space at first place.
any way to factory reset the drive?
i tried to do quick format, removed the drive from the windows 7 computer management, even disconnected the drive and reconnect it. nothing worked. the drive is working so i can't go to the store and say it's not working but after allocating the drive to the recording software, no space at all and not recording anything
 
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akv123

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thank you
full format not supposed to take hours?
about the changing letter, already tried this when i deleted the volume and re created it with new letter. didn't worked.
now, meanwhile i tried to "uninstall" the drive from the device manager and reinstall it. now there is also no option for delete volume. see the photo. i also check if it fixed the allocating problem - didn't fix
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