Just bought a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB but I am unable to use more than 98GB

OsianFreegard · Apr 19, 2016

Like the title says, it appears I am unable to access more than 98GB of the 250GB even though Samsung Magician shows 238GB capacity. I should have in total around 1.07TB of storage in the form of this SSD, a 500GB HDD and a 320GB HDD but I only have around 920GB. Tried to use disk management but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

gbb0330 · Apr 19, 2016

OsianFreegard :

open computer management, click on disk management, take a screenshot and post it here

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

open computer management, click on disk management, take a screenshot and post it here

Will do it later. Got college today. Thanks for the help

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

This was before deleting the H and G drives and compressing them into one which my dad said I should do. After doing this, there still was no change in capacity according to windows.

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

OsianFreegard :

gbb0330 :

This was before deleting the H and G drives and compressing them into one which my dad said I should do. After doing this, there still was no change in capacity according to windows.

open Computer, right click C:, click properties and post a screenshot.
according to disk management disk 2 partition C is 232 GB. where are you getting the 98 GB from?

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

open Computer, right click C:, click properties and post a screenshot.
according to disk management disk 2 partition C is 232 GB. where are you getting the 98 GB from?

I have always had a the C drive with that amount as both the C and D drive are from the same 500GB HDD. The 98GB is from my SSD. I can't seem to access anything more than that amount even though the capacity should be 250GB (238GB to be precise). I am missing 140GB of capacity somewhere

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

OsianFreegard :

gbb0330 :

I have always had a the C drive with that amount as both the C and D drive are from the same 500GB HDD. The 98GB is from my SSD. I can't seem to access anything more than that amount even though the capacity should be 250GB (238GB to be precise). I am missing 140GB of capacity somewhere

C and D drive are not from the same disk. C is on disk 2 and D is on disk 1. In disk manager disks 0, 1 ,2 ,3 etc represent physical disks. Drive letters represent partitions.

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

C and D drive are not from the same disk. C is on disk 2 and D is on disk 1. In disk manager disks 0, 1 ,2 ,3 etc represent physical disks. Drive letters represent partitions.

I wonder if I have just made one huge c*** up. Gonna double check my storage. This could just be a case of being a complete "noob" haha. Thanks for the help

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

in samsung magician you are looking at physical disk 2 in disk manager. in the background i see drive letter A, which does not show up in disk manager, not sure how you ended up that. post a screenshot of "This PC" - the thing behind samsung magician

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

OsianFreegard :

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

C and D drive are not from the same disk. C is on disk 2 and D is on disk 1. In disk manager disks 0, 1 ,2 ,3 etc represent physical disks. Drive letters represent partitions.

I wonder if I have just made one huge c*** up. Gonna double check my storage. This could just be a case of being a complete "noob" haha. Thanks for the help

you may have assigned a drive letter (A in this case) to a folder on drive C:

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

C and D drive are not from the same disk. C is on disk 2 and D is on disk 1. In disk manager disks 0, 1 ,2 ,3 etc represent physical disks. Drive letters represent partitions.

OK, everything is normal. Just a mistake by myself. Is it possible to partition it so my SSD and HDD is seperate? Thanks

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

OsianFreegard :

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

C and D drive are not from the same disk. C is on disk 2 and D is on disk 1. In disk manager disks 0, 1 ,2 ,3 etc represent physical disks. Drive letters represent partitions.

OK, everything is normal. Just a mistake by myself. Is it possible to partition it so my SSD and HDD is seperate? Thanks

not sure what you mean by that, they are separate

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

I created the A drive out of the G and H drives. The C drive is a mixture of both my ssd and hdd

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

OsianFreegard :

how did you do that?

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

OsianFreegard :

gbb0330 :

OK, everything is normal. Just a mistake by myself. Is it possible to partition it so my SSD and HDD is seperate? Thanks

not sure what you mean by that, they are separate

No, something is still wrong. Upon receiving this computer, the 500GB was separated into the C (232GB) and D (368GB) drives. I then added a 320GB HDD which is the E (298GB) drive. When I installed the SSD I got the G and H drives but the capacity was and still is 140GB off.

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

this is me getting confused sorry, something is still wrong. see last post

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

what software / commands did you use to do this "I created the A drive out of the G and H drives. The C drive is a mixture of both my ssd and hdd"

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

I just used disk management to create the A drive form the G and H drives. The C drive being both SSD and HDD is wrong

gbb0330 · Apr 20, 2016

read this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson4/

OsianFreegard · Apr 20, 2016

gbb0330 :

still doesn't explain my SSD problem. Everything else works out apart from the SSD. The C and D drives both equal around 500GB like they should so my SSD has nothing to do with the C drive.

Just bought a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB but I am unable to use more than 98GB

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