my external hard drive space was reduced because i used it as a recovery drive, how do i bring back the storage?

Sandiso Nondzaba · Jan 22, 2015

My external d was 500GB but after I used as a recovery drive it is 30GB. How can I bring back the lost GB.

tripledouce · Jan 22, 2015

Format the Drive using windows utilities.

rgd1101 · Jan 22, 2015

When you create the recovery drive, it should have told you what it was going to do with your drive.

D_Know_WD · Jan 23, 2015

Hi there Sandiso Nondzaba,

In case you don't need the data, you will have to format the drive.
In case you need the data that is stored on the drive though, you will need to use some partition recovery software.
Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/298544-32-accidentally-turned-external-hard-drive-recovery-disk

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD