Hi All,
I just put together my new PC build with a new 2 TB SSD to be used as the OS drive. I scavenged the OS install drive from my old PC which I will be using in the new PC for data and extra game installs.
When I booted from the Windows 10 installation media USB and got to the part where I had to choose where to install Windows, I could see that there were 3 partitions on the old 1TB drive - the main big one and then two small ones which I figured were just Windows 10 reserved partitions. I picked the new 2TB drive and moved on, figuring I would delete everything off the 1TB drive later through Disk Management.
Now, once I boot into Windows from the 2TB drive and go into Disk Managment, I am unable to delete the smaller partitions from the 1TB drive because Windows is telling me they are in use. I was not expecting this since I am running Windows 10 from the new 2TB drive. My only thought is that perhaps the Windows 10 installer detected the Windows 10 reserved partitions on the other drive and perhaps "piggy-backed" the new OS install onto them instead of creating new partitions on the new 2TB drive. There is only 1 partition on the new drive, which I think may support this theory.
Is my only option to start over again, this time deleting all the partitions off the old drive from within the Windows 10 install utility before choosing the 2TB drive as the install location?
Thanks,
Edwin
I just put together my new PC build with a new 2 TB SSD to be used as the OS drive. I scavenged the OS install drive from my old PC which I will be using in the new PC for data and extra game installs.
When I booted from the Windows 10 installation media USB and got to the part where I had to choose where to install Windows, I could see that there were 3 partitions on the old 1TB drive - the main big one and then two small ones which I figured were just Windows 10 reserved partitions. I picked the new 2TB drive and moved on, figuring I would delete everything off the 1TB drive later through Disk Management.
Now, once I boot into Windows from the 2TB drive and go into Disk Managment, I am unable to delete the smaller partitions from the 1TB drive because Windows is telling me they are in use. I was not expecting this since I am running Windows 10 from the new 2TB drive. My only thought is that perhaps the Windows 10 installer detected the Windows 10 reserved partitions on the other drive and perhaps "piggy-backed" the new OS install onto them instead of creating new partitions on the new 2TB drive. There is only 1 partition on the new drive, which I think may support this theory.
Is my only option to start over again, this time deleting all the partitions off the old drive from within the Windows 10 install utility before choosing the 2TB drive as the install location?
Thanks,
Edwin