Can't initiliaze an internal hard drive
I decided to do a clean install of windows. During the setup, i noticed 5 or 6 "system partitions" on my disk 0, so I deleted them all, along with the main partitions where Windows was installed. After the installation, one of my thee hard drives failed to show up. Under disk management, I see that it's "Not Intialized", and Windows is offering to initialize it for me.
When I select GPT, I get the following error
The specific disk is not convertible because the size is less
than the minimum size required for GPT disks.
When I try MBR, I get the following error
The system cannot find the file specified.
I get the same error when I try to do this operation with DISKPART
Also, this drive shows up in Device Manager as an "unknown device".
windows-10 partitioning
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
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I decided to do a clean install of windows. During the setup, i noticed 5 or 6 "system partitions" on my disk 0, so I deleted them all, along with the main partitions where Windows was installed. After the installation, one of my thee hard drives failed to show up. Under disk management, I see that it's "Not Intialized", and Windows is offering to initialize it for me.
When I select GPT, I get the following error
The specific disk is not convertible because the size is less
than the minimum size required for GPT disks.
When I try MBR, I get the following error
The system cannot find the file specified.
I get the same error when I try to do this operation with DISKPART
Also, this drive shows up in Device Manager as an "unknown device".
windows-10 partitioning
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19
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I decided to do a clean install of windows. During the setup, i noticed 5 or 6 "system partitions" on my disk 0, so I deleted them all, along with the main partitions where Windows was installed. After the installation, one of my thee hard drives failed to show up. Under disk management, I see that it's "Not Intialized", and Windows is offering to initialize it for me.
When I select GPT, I get the following error
The specific disk is not convertible because the size is less
than the minimum size required for GPT disks.
When I try MBR, I get the following error
The system cannot find the file specified.
I get the same error when I try to do this operation with DISKPART
Also, this drive shows up in Device Manager as an "unknown device".
windows-10 partitioning
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
I decided to do a clean install of windows. During the setup, i noticed 5 or 6 "system partitions" on my disk 0, so I deleted them all, along with the main partitions where Windows was installed. After the installation, one of my thee hard drives failed to show up. Under disk management, I see that it's "Not Intialized", and Windows is offering to initialize it for me.
When I select GPT, I get the following error
The specific disk is not convertible because the size is less
than the minimum size required for GPT disks.
When I try MBR, I get the following error
The system cannot find the file specified.
I get the same error when I try to do this operation with DISKPART
Also, this drive shows up in Device Manager as an "unknown device".
windows-10 partitioning
windows-10 partitioning
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
edited Dec 30 '18 at 5:53
PBG
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
asked Dec 30 '18 at 5:17
PBGPBG
2521514
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How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19
add a comment |
How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19
How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19
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How many disks do you physically have?
– Appleoddity
Dec 30 '18 at 6:11
@Appleoddity, 3 physical drives. The OS is installed on a 256GB SSH (Disk 0), and then I have a 5TB drive (Disk 1) and a 2TB drive (Disk 2). The 5TB Disk 1 the one that I can't access
– PBG
Dec 30 '18 at 12:19