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Solve : My USB drive lost most of its usable space.? |
| Answer» <html><body><br/>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.<br/><br/>This is a replica of the input and output:<br/><br/>DISKPART> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/list-11333" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIST">LIST</a> vol<br/><br/> Volume ### Ltr Label <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fs-1000993" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FS">FS</a> Type Size Status Info<br/> ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------<br/> Volume 0 C Windows NTFS Partition 28 GB Healthy Boot<br/> Volume 1 Recovery NTFS Partition 700 MB Healthy<br/> Volume 2 SYSTEM FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System<br/> Volume 3 D ESD-USB FAT32 Removable 32 GB Healthy<br/> <br/>DISKPART> list disk<br/><br/> Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/gpt-469091" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GPT">GPT</a><br/> -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---<br/> Disk 0 Online 28 GB 0 B *<br/> Disk 1 Online 125 GB 92 GB<br/> <br/> DISKPART> select vol 3<br/> <br/> Volume 3 is the selected volume.<br/><br/>DISKPART> extend disk=1 size=92<br/><br/>Virtual Disk Service error:<br/>The volume cannot be extended because the file system does not <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/support-771795" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUPPORT">SUPPORT</a> it.<br/><br/>DISKPART><br/><br/>Is there anything I can do to get back the rest of my drive space?<br/>Did You Google?<br/>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 .<br/>Read this:<br/><a href="https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/flash-drive-size-windows-10-recovery-drive/4c43feeb-c71b-414e-8af0-06e18b28fca7">https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/flash-drive-size-windows-10-recovery-drive/4c43feeb-c71b-414e-8af0-06e18b28fca7</a><br/>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 <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hdd-479551" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HDD">HDD</a>. <br/><br/><br/></body></html> | |