[100% working trick] How to restore Lost capacity of your Pendrive or your Flash Drive?

If your 16GB pendrive is showing only 8GB of capacity and formatting it doesn't solve the problem, follow these steps to restore the lost capacity:

Steps to Restore Full Capacity

1. To fix this open the command prompt Open Command Prompt:

• Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box.
• Type cmd and press Enter to open Command Prompt.

2. Use DiskPart Utility:

• In the Command Prompt window, type diskpart and press Enter. 

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C:\Users\Mrdev> diskpart

• Upon execution, this will open the DiskPart utility in a new window.

3. List All Disks:

• Type list disk and press Enter. This command will display all the disks connected to your computer.

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On Computer: Killer

DISKPART> list disk

• You will see a list similar to this:

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ###        Status     Size         Free     Dyn      Gpt

----------    ---------    -------    -------    -----   ------

Disk 0          online     931 GB      1024 KB             -

Disk 1          online     14 GB          0 KB             

DISKPART> 

4. Select Your Pendrive:

• Identify your pendrive from the list (e.g., Disk 1).
• Type select disk 1 (replace 1 with your disk number) and press Enter.

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.      # You should see a confirmation message:

DISKPART> 

5. Clean the Disk:

• Type clean and press Enter. This command will remove all partitions and data on the selected disk.

DISKPART> clean

Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> 

6. Create a New Partition:

• Type create partition primary and press Enter. This will create a new primary partition on the pendrive.

DISKPART> create partition primary

Diskpart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART>  

7. Format the Pendrive:

• After creating the partition, you need to format the pendrive. Type format fs=ntfs quick (or format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32 file system) and press Enter.

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick

8. Exit DiskPart:

• Type exit to leave the DiskPart utility.

DISKPART> exit

Your pendrive should now show its full capacity of 16GB. If you still encounter issues, try repeating the steps or checking if the pendrive has any physical damage.