Can't format a partition

PaulDesmond · Oct 22, 2018

I have copied my D partion to another HDD. It contains Microsoft docs and spread sheets. I go into disk management but when I right click on the D partition, format is greyed out.
It is down as Healthy (page file, Primary partition)
Don't ask me why it is a primary one.

The C partition has windows on it.

C: System, boot,Active, Crash dump, primary partition
D: Page file, primary partition
E: primary partition
F: Logical drive
G: Logical drive

t53186 · Oct 22, 2018

Try this https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

You can't partition D because is had the page file on it, need to move that first

PaulDesmond · Oct 22, 2018

I am not trying to partition the D. It is a partition of the HDD. I want to format the partition.

This is ONE HDD
C: System, boot,Active, Crash dump, primary partition
D: Page file, primary partition
E: primary partition
F: Logical drive
G: Logical drive

How do I remove page file and how did it get there. Al I did with this disk is right click in disk management and create a partition type in the size in MB and repeat untill I had all my partitions. How it ended up like this god knows.

karenjoly · Oct 22, 2018

Formatting G has the same effect as a partition, removing files, but like it says above, page file is a no .

PaulDesmond · Oct 22, 2018

Is page file the same as a swap file? Back in the late 80s, memory was expensive and windows used part of a HDD as virtual memory. These days memory is a lot cheaper. I have 16G of DDR3. I don't need this.

Googling this. I have gone to SystemPropertiesAdvanced . Remove tick from automatically manage page files. Reboot but no difference. If I have to have this can I move it to the G partition?

karenjoly · Oct 22, 2018

Yeah its the same. There is also a swap file, same thing.

Set page file size and location ,includes a no file option.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/change-pagefile-size-location-windows/

t53186 · Oct 23, 2018

PaulDesmond :

Diskpart is a utility that is used from the command line to manage partitions, one of the options includes formatting the partition. First you need to move the swap file / page file. See this Microsoft document for more information about diskpart https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-vista/cc766465(v=ws.10)

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