How to Recover External Hard Drive Unallocated Space in Windows

How to Recover External Hard Drive Unallocated Space in Windows

Geeks - To recover unallocated space on an external hard drive in Windows, you will need to use a disk management tool. Here are the steps to do this:

Connect your external hard drive to your computer and make sure it is recognized by Windows.

Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box.

Type "diskmgmt.msc" in the Run dialog box and press Enter to open the Disk Management tool.

In the Disk Management tool, find the unallocated space on your external hard drive and right-click on it.

From the menu that appears, select the "New Simple Volume" option.

This will launch the New Simple Volume Wizard, which will guide you through the process of creating a new partition on your external hard drive using the unallocated space.

Follow the instructions in the wizard to create a new partition on your external hard drive and assign it a drive letter.

Once the new partition has been created, you can use it just like any other drive in Windows.

It's important to note that if you have data on the external hard drive that you want to recover, you should stop using the drive and seek professional help to recover the data before attempting to create a new partition on the drive. This is because creating a new partition on the drive can potentially overwrite the data that you are trying to recover.