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wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 4th, 2008, 22:50

:D i just bought a new wd2500bevs wd scorpio blue sata 2.5 inch (250 gb) drive for laptop as a replacement for my old wd scorpio blue (120 gb).
so instead of installing a new windows i just used paragon professional hardisk copy to copy exact image of my old drive into new one. ( i didnt use partition images, as old hd has 3 partitions : one quick media linux access, one for recovery, and the last for my data and os)
and i proceeded with the operation without changing any option.
the new hardisk became identical to the old 120 gb hd with 3 partions and unallocated space of 120 gb.
i was gonna use partition manager to add the un allocated space to the my data partition but i was sleepy and i postponed the process to next day.
a surpise happened next day: the unallocated space 120 gb disappeared ???? :?:
and total hardisk size is now 120 gb like the old one. :?
i used western digital software to setup the hard from the start but the total size is 120 gb and the rest of the 120 gb disappeared completely. :!:
so any comments. :roll:

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 4th, 2008, 23:05

Check administrative tools/computer management/disk management to see if the unallocated disk space still shows.

If not use Maysoft's capacity restore tool, then re-partition & make your last 120GB partition right away.

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 4th, 2008, 23:14

well you are a hero, it is defintely the software i need, but i have a problem, i think this software don't work on usb, also isn't it windows based so i cannot use it in dos mode.
so what do you think .....
i cant even connect it to a desktop pc as it is 2.5 inch

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 4th, 2008, 23:54

well i found this page that similary describe my problem, and he (AnonymousRon :good: ) ( http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?sho ... 10608&st=0 ) used hdat2 software in dos to unlock space, more details here ( http://www.hdat2.com/hdat2_faq.html#q1 ), i will post the result after i try it.

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 5th, 2008, 0:57

problem is solved, the paragon made the extra storage hidden and hdat2 returned the space.
:fuckyou: paragon i wish u burn in hell with your evil software and non helping support.
hdat2 :good: even better than hdd capacity restore as it work in dos and support usb.
thanx for your help.
wish this topic may help someone, i ve been searchin for answer over 2 days so may i could spare you those 2 days.

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 5th, 2008, 1:11

Don't blame paragon, blame yourself for lack of knowledge on partitions. Before using any sw. get informed!

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 7th, 2008, 1:11

yeah i guess you are right , but can you explain to me what happened technically, since you have obviously great sum of knoweldge in this matter in hdd and you are a pro (you are a pro right?? i suppose u are because i requested help from pro's only and i didnt request your opinion about my opinions :lol: )

Re: wd2500bevs very interesting for PRO's only

August 7th, 2008, 2:06

Simply these softwares does not 'exactly' - sometimes - replicate partition structure or atts. Or they try to adapt to boundaries etc. Ghost with the right cmd. Line works perfectly f.e., without doesn't!
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