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Question

Two questions about 2 HDD's

by Dec 17, 2013 12:09AM PST

1. I have two HDD's, a 500GB and a 1TB. Right now my 500GB is the one with everything on it (Windows, programs, files, documents...) but I want to make my 1TB drive the main one instead, how do I go about doing this? I'm pretty sure I'd have to create an image of my drive so any help on doing that would be nice.

2. My 500GB HDD only shows up as 148GB, what should I do to fix it? I know for a fact it's 500GB but it wont read like that in Explorer

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Re: drive
by Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 12:14AM PST

If it shows up as 148 GB it will copy as 148 GB also. So that would leave some 850 GB on that drive unused. Just like there are 350 GB on your current drive unused. Why not start using that and leave it the main one?

Kees

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It wont work like that
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 12:18AM PST

It's a 500GB drive, but Windows only sees 148GB, and 148GB isn't even CLOSE to enough space that I need.

This is what it shows in Explorer:

http://i.imgur.com/keApfoA.jpg

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That's what I meant.
by Kees_B Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 12:24AM PST

Why leave 350 GB on a 500 GB hard disk unused? What does Disk Management (part of Windows) say about the drive?

If you don't know about Disk Management, you can google how to find it on your untold OS (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8?).

Kees

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Same there
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 12:29AM PST

It still only says 148GB in the Disk Management screen, I'd really want to use the 500GB one as a backup for documents and music and **** and the 1Tb for everything else, but 148GB's doesn't do much. I'm also on Windows 7

This is my disk management screen:

http://i.imgur.com/vEdeX9D.jpg

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by Kees_B Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 12:34AM PST

Then it's a 150 GB disk. Why do you think it's 500 GB?
Disk management is reporting the size of the drive. No reason to not believe it.

Kees

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You dont get it
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 2:48AM PST

A few months ago my main 1TB drive crashed and failed, so I only had my 500GB HDD to support me, now I got a NEW 1TB drive and the 500GB, sincemy first 1TB drive failed, the 500GB one has been reading as 148GB, so it's not right.

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I get it but
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 2:52AM PST

The details are not here so I can't write about issues or apps that change the drive size.

I think you think details are not needed but they are if we are to point to drive size issues. I don't mind helping out but without the detail all I can nod is this is possible and the fix varies with the make and model drive.

-> In parting, be sure you can lose what is on the drive we will be changing the reported size. It may vanish.
Bob

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Yea, I can
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 2:57AM PST

My 1TB can just have everything copied into a folder on it or something, no big deal honestly.

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But if you clone ...
by Kees_B Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 3:42AM PST

that 150 GB to that 1 TB, everything already on it will be overwritten. So I would start with making an extra backup copy on another disk.

Why not do it, by the way?

Kees

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I am
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 3:45AM PST

I'm creating an image of my drive and leaving it on my 1TB as we speak.

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But I still don't see the make and model.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 3:48AM PST

Until I get that, I can't check to see if the maker has a drive size change feature. But now that I've written this, you could look into that.

I know folk want to keep information private and I'll respect that.
Bob

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Well what do you need?
by Cryogenica Dec 17, 2013 3:53AM PST

I'll try and get you anything you need to help me solve the issue, my drive is a few minutes from being backed up.

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Not much.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 17, 2013 4:00AM PST

I thought I wrote about drive make and model. But now that you know some models have apps to set the drive size you could check with the maker. I hope you understand that we respect your information privacy wants and needs.
Bob

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hard disk drives 4
by James Denison Dec 22, 2013 10:02PM PST

you show only two?

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