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Solved Windows 8.1 2 SSD with windows need to delete one
Hi
I have a lenovo yoga 13 128gb and recently i bought an identical 128gb SSD from ebay (which also happen to come with windows and all the partition). I want to delete everything on the new SSD that i bought including its partition. I tried deleting the partition through disk management and it wont let me. it has windows installed on it so i think thats why i can delete it. can some one help me
as you can see in the picture above. i want to format disk 1 i want to delete everything on it and format it. so i can use it as a storage SSD
some please help me
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From admin command prompt (Win+X->Command Prompt(admin)):
diskpart
select disk 1
clean
exit
Open disk management and initialize it.
OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
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Danger Den H20
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Logitech
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Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
i tried that and i get the following message :
virtual disk service error:
clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot, system. pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume.
i am not using disk 1 as my primary. so im not sure why i cant delete it
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I assume the disk you bought from EBAY is disk 0 and it came with Windows installed using UEFI style. Your disk 1 Windows was installed using MBR style. Access your BIOS and change it to boot from disk 0 using UEFI first.
OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Danger Den H20
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
disk 0 is my old one that came with the computer it has the C drive.
is any other way for me to delete everything from disk 1?
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OK, I see. From the screen shot, I see disk 1 was intialized as dynamic disk. From dispart command, try to convert it back to basic first:
diskpart
select disk 1
convert basic
select disk 1
list partition
select partition 1
delete partition override
repeat step 6 & 7 for partition 2, 3 etc...
OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Danger Den H20
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
when i try to convert. i get another Errol message saying "The disk is not empty"
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Skip the convert and try from step 4-8.
OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Danger Den H20
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
i am running into another error
the operation is not supported by the object.
the specified command or parameters are not supported on this system
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If you disconnect disk 1. Will the PC boot into Windows ?
OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Danger Den H20
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
Missing my GIF avatars:(
Pro User
Download Gparted from their
site , burn it to a cd or usb(which ever you downloaded) then boot to it.Then you can destroy all the partitions on the new ssd and then reformat it to ntfs. I've used it many times from an Ubuntu live dvd, it's easy and very fast. But NEVER use it to adjust(shrink or extend) partitions in windows, for that use windows own disk management. but to destroy, reformat or repartition ssd's and hdd's it's the perfect tool.
OS
Windows 8.1 Update Pro in Hyper-V/Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Cliff's Black & Blue Wonder
CPU
Intel Core i9-9900K
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero
Memory
32 GB Quad Kit, G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series schwarz, DDR4-3866, 18-19-19-39-2T
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 ROG Strix O24G, 24576 MB GDDR6X
Sound Card
(1) HD Webcam C270 (2) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (3) Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ BL2711U(4K) and a hp 27vx(1080p)
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
C: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD
E: & O: Libraries & OneDrive-> Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
D: Hyper-V VM's -> Samsung PM951 Client M.2 512Gb SSD
G: System Images -> HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB
PSU
Corsair HX1000i High Performance ATX Power Supply 80+ Platinum
Case
hanteks Enthoo Pro TG
Cooling
Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium-Edition 360mm and 3 Corsair blue LED fans
Keyboard
Trust GTX THURA
Mouse
Trust GTX 148
Internet Speed
25+/5+ (+usually faster)
Browser
Edge; Chrome; IE11
Antivirus
Windows Defender of course & Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit as a
Other Info
Router: FRITZ!Box 7590 AX V2
Sound system: SHARP HT-SBW460 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
Webcam: Logitech BRIO ULTRA HD PRO WEBCAM 4K webcam with HDR
yes it will. windows is on the C drive (disk 0). i only installed the disk 1 one yesterday.
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OS
8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Home Brewed
CPU
I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
Motherboard
MSI-Z97
Memory
16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Sound Card
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual HP-W2408
Screen Resolution
1920X1200
Hard Drives
256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
PSU
Antec 850W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Danger Den H20
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
35/12mbps
Browser
Firefox
ok I will try that and will let know if that works. thank you
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Pro User
Here is another way to get WinPE to boot into memory to run diskpart commands..
Right Charm -> Change PC Settings -> Update and Recovery -> Recovery -> Advanced Startup ->
Restart Now -> Troubleshoot -> Advanced Options -> Command Prompt
Don't need bootable media at all..
OS
Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Dell XPS 8700
CPU
I7
Memory
24 GB
@KYHI thanks man that worked.