Hard Drive appears as 9MB instead of full size
Summary:
Hard Drive appears as 9MB instead of full size
If your new drive is showing as 9MB instead of the full size, its likely not a permanent issue. The reason this happens is because the Setup Assistant program is stored on a 9MB partition and in some instances when its run, the entire drive isn't erased. This can be caused by security policies or manual formatting instead of the automatic.
Follow these steps to correct the issue:
- Open Disk Utility (Located in the Utilities folder under Applications)
- Once Disk Utility opens, find the drive on the left pane and select the top most instance.
- Select the "Partition" tab at the top
- Change the partition scheme from "Current" to your choice, in most cases 1 is appropriate
- Give the drive a new name (by default it says Untitled1) and select the file table. If you only intend to use the drive on this computer or other OSX computers then HFS Extended Journaled is fine
- Click "Apply" - once that has completed the drive will mount on your desktop in the proper amount.
