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| Thread ID: 134682 | 2013-07-27 12:11:00 | New Hard Drive showing half full after format | DarkFather (16402) | Press F1 |
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| 1350006 | 2013-07-27 12:11:00 | Ok . I purchased a Western Digital 2TB Green Hard Drive . I formatted it and started putting files on it, then noticed it was showing half full RIGHT after the format, which is not possible . So, I tired the Error Disk check and it found no errors . So, I formatted it again . Same thing, half full . I assumed it was a faulty drive and returned it for a new one . The new one I got is doing the exact same thing . It is only showing 1023 . 88 empty (54% full) when it should be 1863 . 01 free . I formatted it in the Disk Management of Windows btw . I enable the drive and then format with NTFS as I normally do with default allocation . I should also note, I already have one of these drives for the past year or so and never had this problem with that one . It always showed 1863 . 01 free after format . What could be the problem here? It can't be the drive, because this is the second one in a row to do this . Somehow a setting or SOMETHING is going wrong when it formats? |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1350007 | 2013-07-27 12:16:00 | Are you sure the partition is taking up the entire drive (as it should be)? | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1350008 | 2013-07-27 12:21:00 | ok. I just right clicked the drive and made sure it was 1.81 (max available) and then did a Quick format. Now it shows the right amount. Maybe the format under Disk Management wasn't showing the right amount when I was formatting? Somehow right clicking on the drive and formatting that way fixed it instead of doing it under Disk Management. Disk Management may not be displaying the amount properly when you format. |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1350009 | 2013-07-28 08:39:00 | UPDATE I did another full format of it and MADE SURE the setting was 1.81 (capacity) by right clicking the drive and doing the format that way. I did default allocation size. NTFS. And here we go again. It is only saying 0.99 space is empty. Used space is 839 GB, but nothing is on the drive. This is REALLY annoying me. I am at a loss as to what the problem is. The only way to get it to display the full amount free is to do a quick format, the full format screws it up. (as I said earlier above, this is the second drive in a row to do this so it is NOT the drives because they are both brand new) Somehow my computer does not want to format these 2 TB drives at full capacity unless I do Quick Format, even though it used to do it fine with my other one I still have. |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1350010 | 2013-07-28 10:05:00 | Try using a partition manager from a Bootable CD or install a program, - if the PC you are using is the one in your Signature, you may find that XP is not able to read these drives correctly. Theres several free ones, gparted( bootable CD) or EaseUS www.partition-tool.com Just to name a few. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1350011 | 2013-07-28 10:17:00 | I did the Gparted . Just took a few min . But, i'd really like to be able to do a full format . Couldn't figure out how to do that in Gparted . But, it's very strange because I already have a 2TB I have been using for a year and it formatted just fine . This new one must be different somehow . A more picky model . |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1350012 | 2013-07-28 23:19:00 | WD Green drives have some jumper settings that change certain things about how the drive works in terms of sector size etc, check you have this set correctly for XP | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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