WD Sata 160gb HD missing 11Gb!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:43 pm
Where did the 11 gb go?
I had to remove a WD Sata 160 gb sata drive(WD1600BEVT-2) from a laptop to scan it for virii and malware! This Lenovo G530 laptop would not even boot from the hard drive!
Anyhow I checked the drives with Ontrack Easy Recovery and it reported the drive as 149.05 Gb! where did the other 11gb go?
I then used LLF to do a low level format and LLF reported it as as 160.04gb! the actual size of the drive!
I then used my favorite reformat, wipe all partition, software Linux Gpart and Gpart reported this WD Sata drive as 149.05gb! Where did the other 11gb go?
Any thoughts suggestions? Did a mystery virus delete this 11gb or mark it as bad? I'm open to any suggestions!
I have screen shots of the above Sw proggies reported HD size but there are no attachments capabilities here.
thanks in advance Eto
I had to remove a WD Sata 160 gb sata drive(WD1600BEVT-2) from a laptop to scan it for virii and malware! This Lenovo G530 laptop would not even boot from the hard drive!
Anyhow I checked the drives with Ontrack Easy Recovery and it reported the drive as 149.05 Gb! where did the other 11gb go?
I then used LLF to do a low level format and LLF reported it as as 160.04gb! the actual size of the drive!
I then used my favorite reformat, wipe all partition, software Linux Gpart and Gpart reported this WD Sata drive as 149.05gb! Where did the other 11gb go?
Any thoughts suggestions? Did a mystery virus delete this 11gb or mark it as bad? I'm open to any suggestions!
I have screen shots of the above Sw proggies reported HD size but there are no attachments capabilities here.
thanks in advance Eto
