marcos9999
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I have just clean installed a new system. Everything is fine but the new system can't boot up my 2nd drive. It shows on device manager but does not mount. Any tips?
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The thread discusses a user’s issue where their second drive appears in Device Manager but is not mounting or visible in Disk Management after a clean Windows installation. Respondents suggest verifying if the drive is initialized and has a partition, and checking for errors in the event viewer; ultimately, it is identified that the drive may have been deleted or not configured properly during setup. The overall tone is helpful and troubleshooting-focused, guiding the user toward reinitializing or partitioning the drive to resolve the issue.
The thread discusses a user’s issue where their second drive appears in Device Manager but is not mounting or visible in Disk Management after a clean Windows installation. Respondents suggest verifying if the drive is initialized and has a partition, and checking for errors in the event viewer; ultimately, it is identified that the drive may have been deleted or not configured properly during setup. The overall tone is helpful and troubleshooting-focused, guiding the user toward reinitializing or partitioning the drive to resolve the issue.
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Keith W
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Are you talking to me or Neemo ?
Let's assume it's me. I am not sure how best to get rid of the 100MB partition. There are utilities (some free) out there which can help you to get all of the spare space on this 3TB disk into one lump (i.e. get the 100MB partition to the end or the front of the disk. You can then make it one partition and allocate it a single drive letter. Try this freeware utility for on-the-fly partition management - Free Partition Manager Software Download Windows PC Server
At the end of the day it's a blank disk so experiment. You have nothing to loose.
Let's assume it's me. I am not sure how best to get rid of the 100MB partition. There are utilities (some free) out there which can help you to get all of the spare space on this 3TB disk into one lump (i.e. get the 100MB partition to the end or the front of the disk. You can then make it one partition and allocate it a single drive letter. Try this freeware utility for on-the-fly partition management - Free Partition Manager Software Download Windows PC Server
At the end of the day it's a blank disk so experiment. You have nothing to loose.
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Keith W
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One last thought. I am fairly sure the EFI partition needs to be there with a GPT drive. I have it on all my GPT drives but not on my MBR drive. You might not be able to move it so you might be stuck with two partions. Let me know how you get on.
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The EFI partition is the boot partition on a UEFI booting operating system. You only need one of them, not one on each GPT disk.
From a rescue disk you can use diskpart to prepare the disk
diskpart
list disk
select disk # (where # is the number for the large disk)
clean
convert GPT
create part primary
list part
select part # (Where # is the partition number, should only be one)
format fs=ntfs quick
exit
Then reboot
From a rescue disk you can use diskpart to prepare the disk
diskpart
list disk
select disk # (where # is the number for the large disk)
clean
convert GPT
create part primary
list part
select part # (Where # is the partition number, should only be one)
format fs=ntfs quick
exit
Then reboot
marcos9999
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Thanks a bunch! The free partition software you indicated worked well. My disk now is in one piece.
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