external hardrive of 350gb only showing 180gb...............

[Fay]

this hard drive is new but my desktop contents  was cloned onto it then erased. i have re formatted the drive but it still only shows 180gb.

could there be a partition on there somewhere, it does not show up.

Thanks

[mickw]

Perhaps it needs a screw

[Fay]

ha ha very funny, behave!

[mickw]

If you "cloned" your PC onto it, there could well be a hidden partition.

Before you plug it in, take a look at "My Computer" and see what drive letters you have.

Plug the external drive in and see what drive letters you now have.

I've forgotten how to delete a partition on an external drive 

[Mac]

goto control panel,
select administrator tools
select computer management
once that opens click on disk management
that will show you all the drives connected, and all the partitions on each of the drive, it will be easy to see if there is a hidden partition
If there is you can right click on that partition and assign it a drive letter or format it or delete it or anything else
Its crude, but it works..
Mac.

[Carole]

Can you amalgamate partitions rather than delete them?

Carole

[Mac]

Directly No.

Indirectly yes.

You have to copy over the stuff from partition two into partition one,
delete partition two and then resize partition one.

Mac.

[Fay]

sorted via Easus

[Rocket Pooch]

sorted via Easus

Oh setting was it?