Hi All,
There are times when our USB storage devices like pen drives or memory cards show storage capacity which is far less than the actual capacity.
A 8 GB pen drive might how only 2 GB space and so on. In some cases , the storage media is also inaccessible.
To solve this on a windows system, we are going to use an inbuilt tool called diskpart.
1) Press windows key + R key to open the run dialog box. In the box type in cmd and hit enter.
A command prompt screen would pop up.
2) In the command prompt window, type DISKPART and hit Enter.
3) A new command prompt window will open up. Type in the following command one by one
4) DISKPART> list disk
5) DISKPART> select disk 1
6) DISKPART> clean
7) DISKPART> create partition primary
8) DISKPART> exit
9 ) Go to file explorer and format the drive by right clicking on it and selecting format. Make sure to select NTFS for storage devices above 4 GB.
10) The storage device will show its actual space now and would also be accessible.
Hope this simple host would have had helped you.
Keep commenting and keep sharing :)
There are times when our USB storage devices like pen drives or memory cards show storage capacity which is far less than the actual capacity.
A 8 GB pen drive might how only 2 GB space and so on. In some cases , the storage media is also inaccessible.
To solve this on a windows system, we are going to use an inbuilt tool called diskpart.
1) Press windows key + R key to open the run dialog box. In the box type in cmd and hit enter.
A command prompt screen would pop up.
2) In the command prompt window, type DISKPART and hit Enter.
3) A new command prompt window will open up. Type in the following command one by one
4) DISKPART> list disk
5) DISKPART> select disk 1
6) DISKPART> clean
7) DISKPART> create partition primary
8) DISKPART> exit
9 ) Go to file explorer and format the drive by right clicking on it and selecting format. Make sure to select NTFS for storage devices above 4 GB.
10) The storage device will show its actual space now and would also be accessible.
Hope this simple host would have had helped you.
Keep commenting and keep sharing :)