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Solve : My USB drive lost most of its usable space.? |
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Answer» Does anybody know the command Diskpart? I got a 125 GB flash drive, ran WinToUSB_free.exe which writes Windows 10 to a bootable flash drive. When it finished installing to the flash drive, I did a "dir" and was shocked to find it now only had 35 GB. I did a long format (OS=exFAT) erasing drive contents, and when I did another "dir", there was still only 35 GB. This is a replica of the input and output: DISKPART> LIST vol Volume ### Ltr Label FS Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 C Windows NTFS Partition 28 GB Healthy Boot Volume 1 Recovery NTFS Partition 700 MB Healthy Volume 2 SYSTEM FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System Volume 3 D ESD-USB FAT32 Removable 32 GB Healthy DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn GPT -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 28 GB 0 B * Disk 1 Online 125 GB 92 GB DISKPART> select vol 3 Volume 3 is the selected volume. DISKPART> extend disk=1 size=92 Virtual Disk Service error: The volume cannot be extended because the file system does not SUPPORT it. DISKPART> Is there anything I can do to get back the rest of my drive space? Did You Google? A number or warnings have been given about using a flash drive as if it were the same as a standard Hard Dive. In shot, they warn you not to assume they are . Read this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/flash-drive-size-windows-10-recovery-drive/4c43feeb-c71b-414e-8af0-06e18b28fca7 My advice is just buy a plain 32 GB flash drive as an emergency boot for Windows 10 recovery. For backups, you want a a regular large size HDD. |
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