My Larger Hard Drive shows the same Space as my Old One

Denneisk

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Dec 6, 2016
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I recently just cloned my hard drive information from a 3TB to a 5TB hard drive with Clonezilla (externally, since I was dumb and didn't properly prepare to upgrade). Upon turning on my computer, now my hard drive is labeled only having that previous 3TB of space instead of 5TB as it should be. I'm a little disappointed I'm not the tech whizz I want to be.

[strike]Edit: Yes, all space is apparently allocated.[/strike]

Edit 2: I changed the hard drive to a dynamic disk and now it's showing the unallocated space, but I cannot extend the partition of my hard drive. Image:
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Solution
Well one of two things.

Either the clone did exactly what it should. It made an EXACT clone of what was there, say 2.5TB of data and 0.5TB free. You can use a partition tool to resize the drive and get the rest of the space.

OR

You have an old PC that can't recongize drive's over 4TB, a limit on older BIOSes/.
Well one of two things.

Either the clone did exactly what it should. It made an EXACT clone of what was there, say 2.5TB of data and 0.5TB free. You can use a partition tool to resize the drive and get the rest of the space.

OR

You have an old PC that can't recongize drive's over 4TB, a limit on older BIOSes/.
 
Solution

USAFRet

Titan
Moderator
Yes, CloneZilla will do exactly that.
The partition on the new drive is exactly the same size as the partition that was on the old drive.

If you're lucky, you can fix this easily.
Please post a screencap of your Disk Management window.

If you're lucky, the free unallocated space is to the right of the current usage.