Cannot format/delete/clean/convert hard drive

[illusionZzz]

I just built a new pc and I installed windows on my Samsung 970 Evo m.2 SSD, after a bit of downloading files, I noticed that my 2TB hard drive wasn't showing up in my file explorer, although it would come up in my task manager and my disk management as system reserved, in my boot it shows the full 2TB, but in diskpart when looking at details, it shows it's only 1.81TB. Before I checked this though I went into disk management and tried fiddling with settings to see why my disk wasn't showing up, I ended up switching to dynamic, not knowing what I was doing, and I'm trying to fix all these problems : Switch the drive back to basic, Clear the drive, Make it active so I can install files on it. When I try to delete volumes or clean the disk using diskpart, it creates a error stating "Clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump, or hibernation volume" But after checking the details on the disk, none of those are on it, except for System which is shown in disk management as Healthy(System)

 

[USAFRet]

1. 1.81TB is exactly what it should be reading as.

2. Did you have the HDD connected when you installed the OS on the SSD?

3. Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

 

[illusionZzz]

https://imgur.com/a/UN8djKF

Here is the screencap

And yes I did have the HDD connected

 

[USAFRet]

https://imgur.com/a/UN8djKF

Here is the screencap

And yes I did have the HDD connected

As suspected.
The boot partition, "System Reserved" is on the 2TB drive. And it is taking up the entire drive...
This is why Windows won't let you format it.

If you've "just built" this...start over.

Disconnect the HDD, and reinstall the OS on the SSD, with only the SSD connected.
Reconnect the HDD later, and you can wipe it and use as desired.

How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

 

[illusionZzz]

Ok, and If I reinstall windows with the Hard drive out, it should make the system be on the SSD rather than the hard drive?

 

[illusionZzz]

When I remove the HDD and power on with only the SSD it says I need a operating system in the system

 

[USAFRet]

When I remove the HDD and power on with only the SSD it says I need a operating system in the system

Yes, you need to boot from your Win 10 USB or DVD. Just like you did the first time.

 

[illusionZzz]

When I remove the HDD and power on with only the SSD it says I need a operating system in the system

Yes, you need to boot from your Win 10 USB or DVD. Just like you did the first time.

I do have the USB in but it just boots to that screen

 

[USAFRet]

When I remove the HDD and power on with only the SSD it says I need a operating system in the system

Yes, you need to boot from your Win 10 USB or DVD. Just like you did the first time.

I do have the USB in but it just boots to that screen

You need to override your boot process.
Maybe F12 as it boots up?

 

[illusionZzz]

Do I use the button I would use to open bios?

 

[USAFRet]

Do I use the button I would use to open bios?

Either that, or there is a specific button for just the boot selection.

 

[illusionZzz]

There is a boot menu which has 4 options, my SSD, Generic flash disk, UEFI generic flash disk partition 1 and enter setup(which just brings me to bios)

 

[USAFRet]

There is a boot menu which has 4 options, my SSD, Generic flash disk, UEFI generic flash disk partition 1 and enter setup(which just brings me to bios)

"UEFI generic flash disk partition 1"

 

[illusionZzz]

Ok I have wiped the SSD and reinstalled windows on it, should connect the HHD again now?

 

[USAFRet]

Ok I have wiped the SSD and reinstalled windows on it, should connect the HHD again now?

Yes.
Then you should be able to use the diskpart clean command to wipe it out.

 

[illusionZzz]

Ok now my hard drive isn’t showing up at all, I’ll check bios to see if it’s there and replug in the cables.

 

[illusionZzz]

Ok, so the hard drive is showing in bios but not in the other programs (disk management, disk part or task manager)

 

[USAFRet]

Ok now my hard drive isn’t showing up at all, I’ll check bios to see if it’s there and replug in the cables.

Not showing up where?
You did the Clean command? That wiped out everything (as desired).
Now you have to go into Disk Management and create a New Simple Volume.

Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

 

[illusionZzz]

I cleaned it and now see it in disk manager, it is asking me to initialize it, do I initialize it as GPT, or MBR?



Here's a screencap of the disk management and the other window that popped up when I opened it.


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[USAFRet]

I cleaned it and now see it in disk manager, it is asking me to initialize it, do I initialize it as GPT, or MBR?



Here's a screencap of the disk management and the other window that popped up when I opened it.


http://

GPT.
Then, New Simple Volume.
Then, Format and give it a drive letter.

 

[illusionZzz]

I cleaned it and now see it in disk manager, it is asking me to initialize it, do I initialize it as GPT, or MBR?



Here's a screencap of the disk management and the other window that popped up when I opened it.


http://

GPT.
Then, New Simple Volume.
Then, Format and give it a drive letter.

It worked, thank you for helping, my first time building a PC and I really should've looked at some guides before tampering with disk settings, thanks for the quick reply also. Saved me a headache of looking through other guides only to find solutions to other problems I didn't have.

 

[USAFRet]

It worked, thank you for helping, my first time building a PC and I really should've looked at some guides before tampering with disk settings, thanks for the quick reply also. Saved me a headache of looking through other guides only to find solutions to other problems I didn't have.

Good luck, and have fun with your new system!