HOW TO: Restore USB Drive Back to Full Capacity

In this video, I'll show you how to restore the missing space on your USB Drive or SD Card.

[missellenmartin]

For those who can't find their disks anymore, or it says disk isn't initialised, I did the following steps and now it works fully.


What I did in run (typed)

List disk

disk 1

create partition primary



Then I needed to initialise my drive, and went to my folder > right click on ''this pc'' and selected ''manage''

went to disk management tab, and saw my drive that wasn't initialised, right clicked on the second block (next to the , in my case ' Disk 1' block). Selected Change drive letter and paths > selected D (for me, but choose any free letter)


Then went back to ''this PC'' and finally saw my USB-stick and formatted it like in the video


Your welcome


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[coollary]

Never have I ever been so glad to see a tutorial help me in my first try.

[thanhizon]

7 years ago he said have a nice day, Now 2019 because of this I had a fucking nice day thanks man

[ChuckBrewsterDOTcom]

This video from 2012 saved me so much trouble plenty of times. In the comments you can see i'm not alone in saying that. This video is the very first video I ever hit the like button on youtube just so I can make sure I can easily find it for when, not if, I need it again. Thank you for creating and sharing this video with all of us.

[chosenideahandle]

It's insane this problem has never been properly addressed in all these years (command lines to fix a problem that's as old as thumb drives themselves). Thanks for the vid PK.

[victorwainaina]

Straight to the point. No frills. Just straight up instructions that work.

[ryanseazon]

This was an incredible help. 7 years have passed and you're still a hero. Thank you!

[TheyCallMeMagz]

I came here 7 years after this was initially posted, but it still saved my hide. Thanks, man.

[yuval]

..."One thing to say "Not All Heroes Wear Caps

[jcguo]

2019 you saved me from throwing 50 bucks, and spend another 50 bucks, here is my like for you

[AlanD]

Sir I realize that you published this over 8 years ago but you are a KING! Every other explanation for my problem said it was with my operating system. You defined the problem on my 256 GB USB drive which was only giving me 32 GB. and brought it all back to me. THANKS!!!!

[liamstacey]

can confirm that 8 whole years on this still works. and you my sir are a legend.

[ZoltanHubert]

Darktron is right. Only need to select disk and clean. Run Command Prompt as admin is not necessary either.

Commands to get through it quickly running Command Prompt:

Press Windows button
type cmd

diskpart
Choose Yes (Opens new window, however if I run cmd as admin it does not.)
list disk
select disk n
clean
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs label=MyPenDrive quick
exit
exit

[forgodandcountry]

Worked pretty good. Flash drive was reading 32 GB when it's a 64gb flash drive. Followed your instructions, ended up with 6
59.5 GB. Would be nice if you slow down for us newbies.

[londontaxijim]

Followed your step by step advice and my memory stick has now returned to its original 32G. You, Sir, are a star.

[loriharrington]

This is perfect. I don't know how I have never found this tutorial before. Always wondered why this happened and if it could be fixed. You just brought many of my storage devices back to life, thank you.

[huzaifarashid]

You ARE A LIFESAVER !!!
I thought my USB was dead but it showed the unallocated space and this helped me recover the lost space


THANKS A BUNCH!!

[rahulnarayan]

Was able to recover my usb drive. Instructions were precise and excellent. Thank you so much for this awesome video

[ryzzkyle]

Very nice solution ...it worked for me .My 8GB Pen drive was reduced to 3GB and now I have recovered the full space .Thankyou so much sir.

[RBTheMechanic]

GOOD VIDEO I HAD 32 GB SHOWING ME IT ONLY HAD 200MB I TRIED IT ALL THIS WORKED THANKS!!!