C partition unknown/unformatted file system and no space unused ?

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alberto.arletti.variara

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Dear All,
Tom's Hardware is my guru when trying to troubleshoot windows' problems so here I am with something I could not find any solution for on the web.

I am trying to create a partition for Liux in my Windows 7 64 HP EliteBook850 G3.
This HP has a SSD 500 GB memory, which is already divided into 4 partitions.
Following this guide here, I have deleted System partition.
I am encountering many problems:
1. I can't shrink C partition, neither using MiniTool partition Wizard, EaseUS partition Wizard or GParted. The reasons seems that C is full (no space unused) which is of course not true. If these software don't detect available space, shrinking is impossible. How can I solve this?
2. MiniTool, EaseUS and GParted don't recognize the file system of C, and it appears as 'unformatted' for GParted or 'Unknown' for MiniTool. This is strange because when using Diskpart in windows, C's file system is detected as NTFS, as it should be. Why is there a discrepancy between what these softwares and Windows detect?
3. Windows somehow is still detecting System partition even though I have deleted it and is no unallocated space. MiniTool, EaseUS and GParted instead don't recognize System (it appears as unallocated space). Why is there a discrepancy between what these softwares and Windows detect?

When I run GParted, a strange error message appears, you can access it here. Here is another photo I have taken of the same error.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Problem 1 and Problem 2 appeared also before I deleted System partition. Therefore, I don't think they are related to System partition.

Thank you so much for your help
Best Regards
Alberto

Here are some images:

Windows is still seeing System and C as NTFS, and C has free available space here. (sorry for Italian)

Diskpart sees System and C as NTFS.

EaseUS, C is full and unknown file system, System is unallocated space.

minitool's details of C.

Mintool detecting C as unknown file system, and System as unallocated space. Again, C has no free space.

What GParted displays

GParted in more details

Machine: HP EliteBook850 G3
Operative sistem: Windows 7 x64
Processsor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mh
 
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Louise Porkolt
in general, this kind of problem we format and reinstall the OS, as time is not a good friend to ICT -people !

(also you will get ri of bloatware issued by HP and other brands !)

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friedlander.m.s

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The hard drive is corrupted.
You used "free" software from the internet...bad idea.

I warned you guys about doing that...

You "might" be able to install this drive on a working computer to recover your files.
Other than that: you wiped the drive.

You cannot eliminate the partition, and expect a drive to keep working.
Very active imagination at work.
 
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alberto.arletti.variara

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Dear friedlander.m.s
thanks for your answer.

There might be a misunderstanding, all my files are still there and the drive is not 'wiped' as I can still work on it.
Maybe I didn't fully understand what you said.
The guide explained that System partition was not related to the drive and that seems to be the case as C drive partition is still doing its job. I thought the guide to be reliable as I found it on the official HP guide forum...

Moreover, as I said in the 'important note' C partition showed up with no free space and in unknown file system before I used any software as GParted or MiniTool. Therefore, I believe the problems are not caused by these software.

I haven't been able to solve these problems yet so if anyone has any idea how this can be solved, I would be very very happy to hear that.

Thanks again for your help
All the best
Alberto
 
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Louise Porkolt

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hi there,

this problem is so complex with risk of loosing data. before continuing I would make a backup (clone) and work with that instead of putting your data at risk !
then you can try a system file check ? sfc /scannow
to see if your FS is integer !

Kind regards, Louise.
(In bocca al lupo !)
 
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alberto.arletti.variara

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Hei Louise!
Thanks for your answer!

I already have a back-up and system image (I did it before putting my hands on these kind of things, knowing it could be dangerous).
I tryed sfc /scannow and also checked for errors on the disk but it gave no useful results..

All the Best
Alberto
(Crepi il lupo!)

 
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