# Double your HD storage - No BS! :)

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**Created:** [March 23, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-your-hd-storage-no-bs/105143 "2004-03-23T08:48:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phat7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@Phat7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phat7)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-your-hd-storage-no-bs/105143/1 "2004-03-23T08:48:30Z")

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I know the title of this thread sounds like a spam message but this is what [The Inquirer](http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14597) writes:

> Reader Wiley Siler has sent us a method which he said was discovered by Scott Komblue and documented by himself which they claim can recover unused areas of the hard drive in the form of hidden partitions.

> Interesting results to date:  
> Western Digital 200GB SATA  
> Yield after recovery: 510GB of space

IBM Deskstar 80GB EIDE  
Yield after recovery: 150GB of space

Maxtor 40GB EIDE  
Yield after recovery: 80GB

Seagate 20GB EIDE  
Yield after recovery: 30GB

Unknown laptop 80GB HDD  
Yield: 120GB

Anyone want to try it out? 🙂