Lost 500GB of HDD space after defragment

[folded]

Hi,

My PC can only see half of my 1TB HDD after I did a defragment. I did some research but I do not really know what to do next. I did the error checking and redid the defrag but did not word. I have also done the reduction of the shadowstorage to 2gb.

http://imgur.com/a/7TWs9

 

[rgd1101]

what do you mean lost? half is c drive the other is d drive

 

[USAFRet]

1TB physical drive
2 partitions, C & D. 442GB and 488GB.

I see no problem.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Why is your D partition RAW, and not NTFS? Did you have any data stored there?

 

[folded]

it used to be all in C but as you have pointed out, it had been partitioned now. I dont have a D partition before I started the defrag. I have no data stored there taht I know of. Should I go ahead and format it? Is there a way that it will all be in C again?

 

[rgd1101]

defrag doesn't create new partition, what tool did you use?
check your disk health?

 

[folded]

error check said no errors

 

[mjslakeridge]

I don't know how defragmenting created a new partition. You should be able to go into disk management, actions, all tasks, click on the D partition, and hit delete volume. Then click on the C partition and hit extend volume. Just be very careful that you are performing the tasks on the correct partition so you don't delete any data or programs on the C partition.

 

[folded]

ok i have done it, sadly the extend volume part is grayed out. I tried google and it also shows what you told me. Any clue why it is greyed out? I could just format it and have D drive but it leaves C drive full to the brim which is a headache to micromanage

 

[mjslakeridge]

I have not personally used this software, but I see it recommended on Tom's and other sites to resize partitions:

http://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html

You don't want your C drive full to the brim, because when Windows tries to do an update it will run out of space and possibly crash.

 

[USAFRet]

ok i have done it, sadly the extend volume part is grayed out. I tried google and it also shows what you told me. Any clue why it is greyed out? I could just format it and have D drive but it leaves C drive full to the brim which is a headache to micromanage

You can only extend a partition to the Right.
In your current config, the old D (empty partition) is to the left of the C.

You'll need to use some 3rd party partition management tool.

 

[folded]

Thanks a lot to everyone who helped. I deeply appreciate it. =)

 

[mjslakeridge]

Did you manage to resize your C partition? Did the software I linked to do the job?

 

[folded]

yes I was able to get a bigger C partition and the software did a good job. thanks alot!