Free space on 250gb wont start new volume
hi i have a 250 GB Samsung external hard-drive but for some reason it only showed me 58.8 GB available so when i opened the disk manager it said there is 116.14 FREE SPACE so i tried making a new volume of that but it won let me it keep saying there is
not enough space on disk to complete this operation i really need this space since im formatting my computer and i need that hard drive to take some of my stuff on the computer right now ill appreciate any help thank you
If it is indeed showing as free space have you tried just extending your existing volume instead of making a new one?
You can right click your existing volume in disk manager and say extend partition and just next through the wizard. It should auto set all the values to consume is all the space.
Option 2 is to use the command line utility called diskpart. Go to start, type cmd. After the command prompt is open you will type diskpart.
First list the disks by typing "list disk" then select the disk you wish to work with. Example "select disk 1".
Then list the volumes, similar to disk you do "list volume". You then select the desired volume you want to extend. Select the 58.8 GB volume similar to selecting the disk. After the volume is selected you will type "extend" and
it will grow the volume into the free space.
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Files in Trash
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
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