wipe the drive without losing anything ?
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PS...We're talking 'disk space', not memory or RAM.
i had a 48gb folder locked with "magic folder now" on my 300gb external hdd. after formatting my laptop i'm not able to access that folder and regain that memmory. i tried reinstalling the same software with different password but still i can't view that folder.i managed to recover that folder but couldnt regain the 48gb memmory on my hdd. any suugestions please.

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