Not showing full 500 GB of hdd

[Ashish_chaudhary]

In Linux mint cinnamon latest version live USB test it did not show any
files of a F drive which is present in Windows ...I can't go ahead of
installing due to missing whole drive

[WharfRat]

Hello Ashish_chaudhary

Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum

There wouldn't be an F drive in linux.

Paste back the results of these in the terminal application:

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sudo fdisk -l

sudo blkid

[Ashish_chaudhary]

Sir I didn't get you as I haven't installed Linux yet due to risk of all f drive files which is present in Windows did not show up in Linux live USB test and what is terminal application I have no idea

[Pierre]

Hi Ashish,

in the Linux file system - - there is no F: drive & that's why you can't find it.
ie: the Linux refers to drives as SDA1 // SDB2 and others like that.

thus, the main HDD on which your current Windows system is installed upon,,
would most likely called SDA & abd the actual partition for the C: drive may be called SDA3 or similar,,
and that F: drive may be called something like SDB3 .. ..

you will need to boot an Live LinuxMint system, in order to determine, just what the partitions,
on that 500Gb drive - are actually being named as - - by using the program Terminal - - in that Linux system.