After Format HD space missing

Hello, I was wondering if there is a program that can get back hard drive space I apparently did not format right and it is not showing up.

I had Malware issues and then onto BSOD of a couple issues. I tried to remove the malware with the help of MajorGeeks , thanks guys for helping but it seems it was a Trojan.Downloader.Murlo according to PCtools. And from researching it seems this is not easy to remove because it renames itself and moves around. So I opted to Format.

Now my problem is I have a 500 gig HD and it is showing only 300 gig. I chose to partition and chose 300 for C: thinking the rest would create and make a D: with the remaining. I can't remember the steps exactly, but my issue is if possible without reformatting can I get those 200 gig back and have a D: drive?

 

You silly person, I know you know better .

But, when you format your HD and create a partition from a 500gb HD and make it into a 300GB partition you create extra unused spaced called unallocated space. Windows will.not automatically fill that space unless you tell it to.

Best way and easiest way to solve this would be to right-click on MY Computer -> Select Manage -> Then a window will pop up and inside will be a selection called "Disk Management" When you are in that area you should see you drive. Select your drive and you should see a box with /// lines in it.

 

:-o:-o

Well I sure do now .

Thank you for the help, yes it is right there, thank goodness I do not have to reformat to get it back.

Now what do I do? Make it a primary partition or an extended partition?

Do not ask me how I made it this far, or why I even thought I should have even messed with creating a D: drive with the rest of my hard drive space, lol. Seems many years ago when I upgraded to my first 500 meg hard drive it was best to create 2 drives. Why I do not recall, but this was stuck in my head as I was formatting, lol.

 

Make it a primary just for the heck of it. I like to partition my large hard drives so's that I don't lose my stuff if the main one blows up for whatever reason!

I use Acronis now to image the hard drive, it's the only paid for app that I ever have used! You might want to reduce that 300GB partition and install your apps to the D drive instead.

 

Thanks

I had to name it E:, or at least I was afraid to mess too much and just wanted my space back.

Thanks for the advice and help

 

Ya, I hate when the OS assigns drive letters that are out of sync, not much one can do with that D drive, did ya try and unallocate that one and merge with E or delete E while you're at it, I hope there's nothing on there yet.

 

Actually my D: drive became my cd/dvd drive when I formatted. I was afraid to mess with trying to assign the cd/dvd drive a new letter so I left it alone and just named my new hard drive space E:. I haven't put anything in there yet, so I may read up on how to change the drive letters before I screw anything up. I am good at clicking and then reading to fix what I screwed up later, lol. I had a couple BSOD's from clicking around and is why I had to format in the first place. The funny thing about all this is, everyone in my family think I am computer savvy, if they only knew, lol.

Me and computers is like someone learning to drive a stick shift for the first time, grind em till you find em. I just clickit till I fixit, or break it, usually luck of the click, lol.

 

Or just let Windows do it's job. I just went through this rigmarole a few days ago and the drive letters came back to normal after I had disconnected my secondary drive and merged my primary drive partitions, after which I promptly partitioned it again.

I've fooled with partitions too often man but thankfully I didn't get burnt yet. These days, I plan out my drive structure first before even installing it as I like to occasionally install a different OS.