Why Is My Hard Drive Only Shows Half Capacity? Causes and Fixes
If your hard drive only shows half capacity, follow this guide to convert the partition table or add a drive letter to restore full space.
Hard drives are important and frequently used data storage media. When using a hard drive with a PC, Xbox device, or another machine, you may encounter issues like hard drive crash, operating system not found, HDD shows as unknown, your disk needs to be checked for consistency, DiskPart has encountered an error, or some other kinds of issues.
Provided that the files on the hard drive are vital, you can first try MiniTool Power Data Recovery to rescue them and then use specialized solutions to solve the issues.
If your hard drive only shows half capacity, follow this guide to convert the partition table or add a drive letter to restore full space.
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