Solved! Surface Pro 3 Showing only Half Storage

Nick_54

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Feb 1, 2016
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so i have the i5 with 8gb of ram version and on the back it says 256gb, but the storage only reports a 118gb drive, i cant find any other storage or partitions in the drive manager either
 

USAFRet

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Did you buy this new?
What does Disk Management show?
 

Nick_54

Estimable
Feb 1, 2016
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4,510
no, thats why i was wondering, its basically not possible to take one apart safley and if someone did why would they put a smaller drive in, disk management says a 118gb partition but shows nothing else
 

USAFRet

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Put a sticker showing a larger drive and sell it as such.

Check the serial number at Microsoft.
 

Nick_54

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Feb 1, 2016
6
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4,510
he listed it as 128gb so i wasnt scammed or anything, i just saw the 256gb, and looked up and found out this model only comes with 256gb so im just trying tofigure it out
 

Nick_54

Estimable
Feb 1, 2016
6
0
4,510
he listed it as 128gb so i wasnt scammed or anything, i just saw the 256gb, and looked up and found out this model only comes with 256gb so im just trying tofigure it out
 

Nick_54

Estimable
Feb 1, 2016
6
0
4,510


this serial on microsoft does say its the 3 with 256gb
 

USAFRet

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Other Surface Pro 3 i5:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834735050
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Intel Core i5 CPU 4 GB RAM 128 GB Storage 12.0" Tablet PC MQ2-00001

You'd have to investigate your specific Pro i5.
 
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Nick_54

Estimable
Feb 1, 2016
6
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4,510


yeah the serial for this surface is the 256gb model