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asterose

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    My USB drive lost most of its usable space.
    « on: March 03, 2019, 10:44:37 PM »

    Does anybody know the command Diskpart?  I got a 125 GB flash drive, ran WinToUSB_free.exe which writes Windows 10 to a bootable flash drive.  When it finished installing to the flash drive, I did a "dir" and was shocked to find it now only had 35 GB.  I did a long format (OS=exFAT) erasing drive contents, and when I did another "dir", there was still only 35 GB.

    This is a replica of the input and output:

    DISKPART> list vol

      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
      Volume 0     C   Windows      NTFS   Partition     28 GB  Healthy    Boot
      Volume 1         Recovery     NTFS   Partition    700 MB  Healthy
      Volume 2         SYSTEM       FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
      Volume 3     D   ESD-USB      FAT32  Removable     32 GB  Healthy
     
    DISKPART> list disk

      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
      Disk 0    Online           28 GB      0 B        *
      Disk 1    Online          125 GB    92 GB
     
     DISKPART> select vol 3
     
     Volume 3 is the selected volume.

    DISKPART> extend disk=1 size=92

    Virtual Disk Service error:
    The volume cannot be extended because the file system does not support it.

    DISKPART>

    Is there anything I can do to get back the rest of my drive space?

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    Re: My USB drive lost most of its usable space.
    « Reply #1 on: March 03, 2019, 11:56:29 PM »
    Did You Google?
    A number or warnings have been given about using a  flash drive as if it were the same as a standard Hard Dive. In shot, they warn you not to assume they are .
    Read this:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/flash-drive-size-windows-10-recovery-drive/4c43feeb-c71b-414e-8af0-06e18b28fca7
    My advice is just buy a plain 32 GB flash drive as an emergency boot for Windows 10 recovery. For backups, you want a a regular large size  HDD.