New 3TB HD Unallocated

[Jonathan Ong]

I was in the process of transferring files after I formatted the drive into an exFAT and my power died. Now I have 2TB of normal space and 1TB of unallocated. I do not mine reformatting but it does not give me the options. Please advise how I can combine the partitions and resolve the unallocated space, thanks!

 

[Alpha3031]

GUIDE:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3TB_hard_drives.html

 

[TechyInAZ]

go to disk management, delete all partitions then make a new single partition.

 

[Jonathan Ong]

It only gives me the option to delete the volume on the 2TB and not the 1TB, am I doing something wrong?

 

[Alpha3031]

You can't delete it because there isn't anything to delete.

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

If you delete the 2 TB the 1 TB should be combined automatically in windows disk management. Then when you format it use GPT if you want it as a single large drive.

 

[Jonathan Ong]

The unallocated space might be filled with corrupted files? If the power went off? I have no idea... I'm no tech wizard... here is a pic of what I see. I tried to delete the working volume like suggested.

 

[Alpha3031]

Wait are you using 64 bit or 32 bit windows?

 

[Jonathan Ong]

64 windows 7

 

[Alpha3031]

Check in BIOS to see if it shows 3 TB.

 

[Jonathan Ong]

At the moment, neither volumes are showing

 

[Alpha3031]

What do you see when you click properties?

 

[Jonathan Ong]

Working properly for both volumes

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

who makes the drive? see if they make a bootable diagnostic disk you can use to completely wipe the drive (low level format) a quick format should be enough to do it.