128gb Flash Drive formats to 32gb

[dutch806]

I have a Lexar 128gb flash drive which was used for a system copy. It now only shows/formats to 32gb. I've tried disk management (diskmgmt.msc) which shows the additional space but will not allow me to access it. I've tried reformatting but it only grabs the first 32gb. Any ideas?

 

[Nerumph]

You say there is another partition on the thumbdrive; "allocated space" correct?

You should be able to delete the secondary partition from the drive under disk management by selecting the second partition, right clicking and pressing "Delete Volume." From there, you should be able to re-format the drive completely.

 

[dutch806]

You say there is another partition on the thumbdrive; "allocated space" correct?

You should be able to delete the secondary partition from the drive under disk management by selecting the second partition, right clicking and pressing "Delete Volume." From there, you should be able to re-format the drive completely.

 

[dutch806]

it shows 89.47gb but it is not identified as allocated space. When I right click the delete volume function is not available - only change drive letters ..., format, properties and help. Selecting change drive letters.. or format yields an error msg.

 

[Nerumph]

And what error message is popping up? Also, you said you are unable to re-format the other sector correct?

If you could take a screenshot and post it here, it would greatly assist in the diagnostic process.

 

[dutch806]

And what error message is popping up? Also, you said you are unable to re-format the other sector correct?

If you could take a screenshot and post it here, it would greatly assist in the diagnostic process.

 

[dutch806]

The 1st 30.02GB is identified as drive E:, NTFS, healthy, active, primary and will format just fine. The other 89.47 is just identified as being that size, nothing else. If I tell it to format the second partition I get "An unexpected error has occurred. Check the Systems event log ..." which contains no entries for this I could find. If I select Change drive Letters ... it says "The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date. Refresh the view ... if it persists restart ...". I have of course refreshed the console and restarted disk management to no avail. I would add screenshots but I can't figure out how.

 

[Nerumph]

You can take a screenshot of a window by pressing Alt+PrtScr.

However, I believe I may have found the solution to your issue:

http://www.howtogeek.com/215349/how-to-remove-an-efi-system-partition-or-gpt-protective-partition-from-a-drive-in-windows/

Since it had a copy of windows on it, it was marked as protected and thus unable to be modified. Following the steps above should help to clear the issue and you should be able to format the full drive once more.

 

[dutch806]

You can take a screenshot of a window by pressing Alt+PrtScr.

However, I believe I may have found the solution to your issue:

http://www.howtogeek.com/215349/how-to-remove-an-efi-system-partition-or-gpt-protective-partition-from-a-drive-in-windows/

Since it had a copy of windows on it, it was marked as protected and thus unable to be modified. Following the steps above should help to clear the issue and you should be able to format the full drive once more.

 

[dutch806]

Nerumph - Worked perfectly. Thanks so much.

 

[Nerumph]

You're quite welcome! And congrats on getting your full thumbdrive back! 😀