USB (Universal Serial Bus) is the need of every computer user to transfer data from one device to others very easily. Almost everyone knows well about the use of USB drives in the modern age. These tiny data travelers play a vital role to reduce the problems related to computers. There are lots of companies that are creating USB drives supporting different amount of storage ranging from 4 GB to 128 GB and even more than it. Moreover, USB drives are updated from 2.0 to 3.0 version to increase data transfer rate and efficiency. USB internal details are available on it's official website.
We cannot deny the benefits and importance of USB drives. It is also a fact that machinery can be damaged at any time due to any sort of reason. Sometimes, there are some problem with the working and storage of USB device. For example, in this article we will discuss the problem related to lost storage space of USB. May be, you or your friend ever face this problem in which your USB only have the 250 MB capacity or related to such low storage amount. (as shown in below image)
Why This Problem Occurs
You may ask that why our well working USB flash drive is showing less storage capacity than that of its actual amount? This problems occur when you try to burn any ISO image of an operating system to your USB drive. It doesn't mean that this problem occurs all the time, it's rare. No doubt, many of the users burn ISO images on USB drives without facing any problem. They make USB bootable to install windows through it.
Recover Lost Storage Space On USB
You are here because your USB drive has the same problem or you are looking a solution for your friend's flash drive which doesn't show the full storage capacity. Anyway, you are at the right place because this article will help you in this regard. You just need to follow the all mentioned steps.
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Step 1: Check either USB is Recoverable or Not
Before proceeding, we should estimate the damage level of USB to know either it is recoverable or not. For this purpose, just follow the below steps.
- Press windows button on keyboard and type "disk management" in search bar.
- Choose "Create and format hard disk partitions" to open disk management console.
- Now you will see the partitions of your computer's hard disk in "Disk 0" pane and connected USB in "Disk 1" pane.
- You should see the large amount of unallocated disk space in USB section if your flash drives lost it's actual storage capacity.
If you see the unallocated storage then there is a good news about the maximum chances of recovery of your USB flash drive's lost storage.
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Step 2: Recover USB Lost Storage Capacity
Now it is the main step in which you will create a new partition in your flash drive to recover all of it's actual storage capacity. You must collect all the data present in USB (if you have) because creation of new partition will remove all of the existing data. No doubt, there are may tools to manage partitions but we will follow the diskpart command method because its easy and does not require any third party application.
- Press windows button on keyboard and type "diskpart" in search bar.
- Click "Yes" if it prompts.
- In the console, type "list disk" and press enter.
- It will show the complete list of all drives (hard disk + USB) present in the computer.
- Now type "select disk 1" to select your flash drive. (Remember we are selecting disk 1 because it shows USB according to the example image. Be careful about the selection of disk).
- After it, type "clean" to clear all the existing damaged partition on the drive.
- Now type, "create partition primary" to produce a new and fresh partition to allocate all the unallocated space on USB.
- At the end, type "exit" to terminate the program.
- Done...!!
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Bottom Line
The above mentioned process is complete solution for your problem. Now eject your USB and plug it back in the system. You will see that flash drive is working well with all of its storage capacity without any error. You may share your experience with others in this regard in comment section. Share this article among your friends and family members to help us in promoting the knowledge. Keep visiting for more latest updates. Thanks 😊
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