External Harddrive partition

Fiery

Fiery

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Today I purchased a 1 TB WD External Elite Harddrive.

Me being me didn't read the instructions properly on the fact on how it does auto backups.

So I partitioned the drive in half, now I cannot get the full 1TB back :confused:

I have so far tried deleting it, and then tried to extend the first half of it back, but it keeps coming up with just unallocated space, HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!
 

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Does the drive have any data? If so is it possible to back it up?

If it is, then you could try the following:

Plug in the drive, switch it on etc.... Let the USB device get recognised.

Now right click Computer>>Manage>>Continue.

Now in the Computer Management window,in the pane on the left, under Storage, click Disk Management.

Right-click and delete the volumes on your external drive. MAKE SURE its the right drive.

Then create a new volume with the maximum size.

Hope this helps.
 

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Ayson said:
Does the drive have any data? If so is it possible to back it up?

If it is, then you could try the following:

Plug in the drive, switch it on etc.... Let the USB device get recognised.

Now right click Computer>>Manage>>Continue.

Now in the Computer Management window,in the pane on the left, under Storage, click Disk Management.

Right-click and delete the volumes on your external drive. MAKE SURE its the right drive.

Then create a new volume with the maximum size.

Hope this helps.
Click to expand...

Yes it does have data on it, nothing that I am not prepared to lose, as I said I only bought it today
 

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    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
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    Phillips 19"
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    Hard Drives
    1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
    1 x 1TB Sata
    1 x 160GB IDE
    1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite
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    1 x 4TB WD External My Book
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can you not put it temporarily on the system drive?
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
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    AMD Athlon X2 64 4800+
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    ASUS M2N-MX SE
    Memory
    2x2GB DDR2 667MHz Transcend
    Graphics Card(s)
    BIG GeForce 8600GT 512MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 5.1 onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia V Series - KLV-26V300A
    Screen Resolution
    1360 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Blue
    WD5000AAKS
    500GB SATA
    PSU
    Enterage Power3 400W
    Case
    Enterage Generic
    Cooling
    Stock CPU fan, Stock GPU fan, 4x Chassis fans
    Keyboard
    UMAX PS2
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    UMAX USB
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    Philips SP050 60W RMS 5.1

    2x1TB in Vantec NexStar MX
Ok fixed the partition it is now back to the full 1TB.

Now when I try to do a back using Vista's backup and recovery, it is telling me the drive is corrupted.

However when it was split in two halves 500GB each, it (Vista) chose the newly created partition.

I am at a loss as to how this WD 1TB External My Book Elite supposedly keeps creating backups.

I have googled my a** off trying to figure it out :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x 4 965
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 TI
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Phillips 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
    1 x 1TB Sata
    1 x 160GB IDE
    1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 1TB WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 4TB WD External My Book
    PSU
    Thermaltake 850W XT
    Case
    Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
    Cooling
    AC-ALPINE-64PRO ARTIC COOLING
    Keyboard
    12 year old Compaq, cant see any of the letters anymore :)
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    Microflacid Sterile
    Internet Speed
    ADSL2+
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    My husband and I divorced over religious differences.. He thought he was God and I didn't.
Fiery said:
Ok fixed the partition it is now back to the full 1TB.

Now when I try to do a back using Vista's backup and recovery, it is telling me the drive is corrupted.

However when it was split in two halves 500GB each, it (Vista) chose the newly created partition.

I am at a loss as to how this WD 1TB External My Book Elite supposedly keeps creating backups.

I have googled my a** off trying to figure it out :(
Click to expand...

More than likey it shows corrupted because you shrunk, then unshrunk the volume. If WD supplied a format utility with the drive use it to reformat it as a 1 Tb drive then try again, if not format it with your OS then try again.
 

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fishnbanjo said:
Fiery said:
Ok fixed the partition it is now back to the full 1TB.

Now when I try to do a back using Vista's backup and recovery, it is telling me the drive is corrupted.

However when it was split in two halves 500GB each, it (Vista) chose the newly created partition.

I am at a loss as to how this WD 1TB External My Book Elite supposedly keeps creating backups.

I have googled my a** off trying to figure it out :(
Click to expand...

More than likey it shows corrupted because you shrunk, then unshrunk the volume. If WD supplied a format utility with the drive use it to reformat it as a 1 Tb drive then try again, if not format it with your OS then try again.
Click to expand...


Arggggg no they didn't :cry:, vista kept telling me to run a check disk which I have done and it found no bad sectors.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x 4 965
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 TI
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Phillips 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
    1 x 1TB Sata
    1 x 160GB IDE
    1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 1TB WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 4TB WD External My Book
    PSU
    Thermaltake 850W XT
    Case
    Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
    Cooling
    AC-ALPINE-64PRO ARTIC COOLING
    Keyboard
    12 year old Compaq, cant see any of the letters anymore :)
    Mouse
    Microflacid Sterile
    Internet Speed
    ADSL2+
    Other Info
    My husband and I divorced over religious differences.. He thought he was God and I didn't.
YAY!!!!!!! problem solvered amazing what a reboot can do :sarc:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x 4 965
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
    Memory
    4GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 TI
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Phillips 19"
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    1 x 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
    1 x 1TB Sata
    1 x 160GB IDE
    1 x 2Tb WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 1TB WD External My Book Elite
    1 x 4TB WD External My Book
    PSU
    Thermaltake 850W XT
    Case
    Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition
    Cooling
    AC-ALPINE-64PRO ARTIC COOLING
    Keyboard
    12 year old Compaq, cant see any of the letters anymore :)
    Mouse
    Microflacid Sterile
    Internet Speed
    ADSL2+
    Other Info
    My husband and I divorced over religious differences.. He thought he was God and I didn't.
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