Resetting a physical drive.

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Start the diskpart utility from a command line prompt, do a list disk command, check what disk number this disk is that you want wiped, do a select disk x command where x is that disk #. Then type in clean. It will wipe the disk. Make sure you have the right disk selected and that you can boot without it in the system as the other post had you check.
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mbarnes86

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Hi

Personally i would disconnect disk 0 and 2 sata data and power cables
Then boot up from either a windows dvd or usb or maybe a linux live rescue dvd or usb or one of the free partitioning disks

You should then be able to remove all partitions and create a new one using the full space on disk.
If that does not work Hirens boot cd has a xp mode and from there you can find western digital data lifeguard 4 windows diagnostics

There is the option to erase the first track on the hard disk, this removes all partitions and data so backup any important data first

Reason for only one drive connected is to ensure you dont erase wrong disk

If you boot up pc after this with all 3 disks then disk management will let you parition and format disk 1

Regards
Mike Barnes
 
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i can't create a 220 GB partition because the unallocated space is split into two sections. if i create one 110GB partition then i can't create another one with the other free space for some reason
 
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ArtPog

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Just a few questions...

1. What OS are you working with?

2. If you DISCONNECT the 240 GB drive (SSD?) from the system, is there any problem booting to your OS? And does the system then function without problems?

3. What sort of data resides on your 120 GB boot drive's I: & H: partitions? Do you have any idea why those partitions exist?

4. And re that D: (idk - "I don't know"?) partition. Is that a System Reserved partition by another name?

5. I assume there's no good reason why the 240 GB drive was created as a Dynamic disk. Was there?
 
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cCheeseCake

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1. Windows 10 64bit
2. no.
3. those appeared when i used software to clone some drives.
4. it's a thing i accidentally made visible some time ago.
5. i converted it as a desperate attempt to solve my problems, converting it back allowed me to make two 120GB partitions on my 240 GB drive, one problem fixed.
 
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ArtPog

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1. I'm assuming your response to 2. indicates there is NO problem booting to your OS using the 120 GB drive even when the 240 GB drive is disconnected. That's right, yes?

2. That first partition D: on your boot drive - the partition you refer to as a "thing" you "accidentally made visible some time ago" - is probably the System Reserved partition with a different name ("idk"). I note it contains 59 MB of data - probably related to boot files.

3. I would think the sensible approach to take at this point is to delete all the partitions on your 240 GB secondary drive, i.e., the 450 MB one (probably a "Recovery" partition, and the F: partition which contains no data. You may not be able to delete those two partitions using Disk Management, and if so, you can probably use Diskpart to invoke the "clean" command so that the disk will become uninitialized. I assume you're familiar with Diskpart and its commands. If you're not, do a little Google research on using Diskpart.

4. After all the partitions on that 240 GB disk have been deleted, or the disk has been "cleaned" by Diskpart, you can create a single volume on the disk through initializing, partitioning, and formatting one or more partitions (as you choose).

5. Then you'll be able to use Disk Management to convert the disk to a Basic disk. There is no need for that disk to be a Dynamic disk. It will only cause you trouble.

6. Then you can use the disk as you see fit by creating one or more partitions and using the disk for storage, backups, or whatever.
 
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cCheeseCake

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the question i've been wondering is how to delete the partitions. i can't delete the 450MB one and when i delete the other ones, they split into two empty sections, which i can't fill with a single new partition.

 
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Start the diskpart utility from a command line prompt, do a list disk command, check what disk number this disk is that you want wiped, do a select disk x command where x is that disk #. Then type in clean. It will wipe the disk. Make sure you have the right disk selected and that you can boot without it in the system as the other post had you check.
 
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that worked! thank you.
 
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