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I have a new asus windows 7 laptop. Using the "AI Recovery" tool, I deleted the 8 gig windows recovery partition.

Now the Disk Management utility is showing my disk to be 111.79 GB rather than the 119.24 it was before. I seem to have lost the space that the recovery partition was taking up, rather than having it returned to use.

I'd like my 8 GB back, it's only a 128 GB disk.

--Edit-- Maybe it's not a 128 GB disk, maybe it's a 120 GB disk. I was comparing it against an identical laptop, except the HDDs are different. One is an ADATA XM11 128GB (114472MB) and the other is a SanDisk SSD U100 (122103MB). 8GB difference. Perhaps I didn't have as much space as I thought. Anyone with an XM11 want to tell me how many MB it's got in it. ADATA aren't telling.

DiskPart says Partition ### Type Size Offset

Partition 1 Primary 111 GB 1024 KB

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  • If you are unsure about your notebook specs, then just check the specpaper, it should tell you how much space your NB has.
    – inf
    Jan 15, 2012 at 15:03
  • Crank up diskpart. Run the list disk and list partition commands. Put the results in your question.
    – JdeBP
    Jan 16, 2012 at 13:07

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Go to control panel -> administrative tools -> computer management -> storage -> disk management:

You should see all your partitions there, including the "lost" unallocated space.
Click on your systemdrive (probably C:) and there on extend volume. You will see a wizard which will guide you thru the process to add your lost space to your current partition(the C: partition).

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  • Nope. First thing I tried. Can't extend. I shrank and then extended. Still the same size.
    – Spike
    Jan 15, 2012 at 14:51
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    @Spike why did you shrink it in the first place? Make a screen please.
    – inf
    Jan 15, 2012 at 14:56
  • I deleted the recovery partition by accident. That tool deleted it when I clicked a checkbox. (Who writes a GUI like that?) I shrank it because I thought it might make the OS rescan the disk. Now I think it maybe it isn't lost, that the 128GB disk is only 120GB.
    – Spike
    Jan 15, 2012 at 15:04
  • @Spike if you deleted the partition, then there should be some unallocated space, or like you said you are mixing the numbers a bit. Post a pic or your NB specs, that should make it clear.
    – inf
    Jan 15, 2012 at 15:09
  • I've been looking for the specs on the HDD. The ADATA XM11 is not a consumer available product. They don't list the specs on the website.
    – Spike
    Jan 15, 2012 at 15:27
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You can recover deleted partitions and much more by using TestDisk. You can find the procedure on how to do this here:

http://blog.eddsn.com/2011/02/how-to-recover-lost-or-deleted-partitions/

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  • Please disclose your affiliation with TestDisk development group or the weblog you linked to in your answer, if there is one.
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Jan 20, 2012 at 15:57
  • The blog is mine. No affiliation with TestDisk. I saw that there were multiple questions on the problem with deleted partitions/data that I solved myself some time earlier which is described in the post on my blog.
    – Edin
    Jan 20, 2012 at 18:37
  • There are a few things here that are usually frowned upon. One is promotion without disclosure. Unless you overdo it, it's not a problem as long as you disclose it. Please start mentioning that it's your blog. The other is "link only answers", i.e. answers that become useless once a link goes dead. It'd be helpful if you could add a short summary to your answer, or quoted relevant blog post parts.
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Jan 20, 2012 at 18:41
  • Ok, I'll take care of that next time. :)
    – Edin
    Jan 21, 2012 at 18:41

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