Question (ssd) Main drive has raw gb

[Navimon]

in my disk management my main drive or disk 0 has an 140 gb raw thingy. i noticed that the drive that i have has 238 gb to be exact but for some reason i can only use 97 gb. How do i get the 140 gb without formatting data. i tried chkdsk but i was late to realize that it doesn't work on main drives

 

[SkyNetRising]

How do i get the 140 gb without formatting data.

Please show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[USAFRet]

in my disk management my main drive or disk 0 has an 140 gb raw thingy. i noticed that the drive that i have has 238 gb to be exact but for some reason i can only use 97 gb. How do i get the 140 gb without formatting data. i tried chkdsk but i was late to realize that it doesn't work on main drives

Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window.

 

[Navimon]

Please show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

https://imgur.com/a/OUiX92W

View: https://imgur.com/a/OUiX92W

 

[Navimon]

Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window.

ever since i bought this pc i never had an backup. It was only today i realized that i am suppose to have more gb in my ssd

 

[USAFRet]

ever since i bought this pc i never had an backup. It was only today i realized that i am suppose to have more gb in my ssd

So, this is not a new situation.

Whoever had this system before, did this very poor set up.
That means that you bought a used system, and just used the existing OS?

If so...bad move.

 

[Navimon]

So, this is not a new situation.

Whoever had this system before, did this very poor set up.
That means that you bought a used system, and just used the existing OS?

If so...bad move.

yes, is there anyway to fix this or if i have to format will it be safe to do so with some programs that can data recover and stuff?

 

[USAFRet]

yes, is there anyway to fix this or if i have to format will it be safe to do so with some programs that can data recover and stuff?

Well....

What *I* would do is a full wipe and reinstall.
That should have been done on Day 1.

Your personal data should be saved off to some other device.

Then, a full OS reinstall, and all your applications.

 

[SkyNetRising]

yes, is there anyway to fix this or if i have to format will it be safe to do so with some programs that can data recover and stuff?

No need to reinstall. Delete extra unnecessary partitions and extend C: .
Execute following from elevated command prompt.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

(select 238GB disk)​

list partition​

select partition 5​

(select 140GB RAW partition)​

delete partition​

select partition 4​

(select 499MB recovery partition )​

delete partition override​

select partition 3​

(select 97GB C: partition)​

extend​

exit​

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/elevated.htm

 

[USAFRet]

No need to reinstall.

I recommended the reinstall because this was a used system.

Obtaining any used system, the first action should be a full wipe and reinstall.