L luke_37 Reputable Mar 1, 2016 5 0 4,510 Mar 1, 2016 #1 I have an old laptop HDD drive connected to my PC and it only shows it has 500mb and 150 available despite it being a 1TB HDD how can i format it to get all the space available on it?
I have an old laptop HDD drive connected to my PC and it only shows it has 500mb and 150 available despite it being a 1TB HDD how can i format it to get all the space available on it?
Solution D_Know_WD Mar 2, 2016 Hi there luke_37, There is yet another way to do that. Just go to Disk Management -> delete the existing partitions -> repartition and reformat. Here's a tutorial: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=16aarw Of course, you need to back up the data that you need first. Cheers, D_Know_WD
Hi there luke_37, There is yet another way to do that. Just go to Disk Management -> delete the existing partitions -> repartition and reformat. Here's a tutorial: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=16aarw Of course, you need to back up the data that you need first. Cheers, D_Know_WD
jsmithepa Polypheme Jun 14, 2014 13,096 263 60,840 Mar 1, 2016 #2 Use DISKPART CLEAN to make HD as if from factory. Warning: Diskpart dangerous tool. Upvote 0 Downvote
D_Know_WD Judicious Jul 30, 2014 6,633 3 35,960 Mar 2, 2016 Solution #3 Hi there luke_37, There is yet another way to do that. Just go to Disk Management -> delete the existing partitions -> repartition and reformat. Here's a tutorial: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=16aarw Of course, you need to back up the data that you need first. Cheers, D_Know_WD Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
Hi there luke_37, There is yet another way to do that. Just go to Disk Management -> delete the existing partitions -> repartition and reformat. Here's a tutorial: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=16aarw Of course, you need to back up the data that you need first. Cheers, D_Know_WD