Recent content by Damien_XIII

You were absolutely right! The issue was caused by my USB enclosure’s 32-bit LBA limitation, which capped the accessible storage at 746GB instead of the full 3TB. After reading your response, I swapped out the enclosure and connected the drive using a SATA to a USB adapter with a 12V power...

I appreciate your input! I didn’t need to check Windows Storage Spaces or modify my BIOS settings. The issue was actually due to my USB enclosure, which had a 32-bit LBA limitation and couldn’t support my full 3TB HDD. Once I connected the HDD directly via a SATA to USB adapter with a 12V power...

Thank you for your follow-up! I’ve uploaded both screenshots you requested: Disk Management (Full View) and Device Manager with Disk Drives & Storage Controllers Expanded Here is the link: View: https://imgur.com/a/G3t7uSU Let me know if you need more details or screenshots. I really...

Thank you for the suggestion! I haven’t tried accessing the HDD on another PC yet, but I will take it to a friend’s place tomorrow to test it there. I’ll update the thread once I’ve checked it out. Thanks again for the advice on backing up the data—I’ll make sure to do that if I can access the...

Sure. Here it is. View: https://imgur.com/a/eAIFk5b

Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for help with a problem I'm facing with my laptop storage after updating to Windows 11 24H2. Here’s the situation: Storage Devices: 512 GB M.2 SSD (C drive for the operating system). 3 TB External HDD (used for storing important files, about 746 GB of free space...