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Unable to use diskmgmt.msc and FDisk is not found it Windows 10.

Anonymous
2021-08-23T18:51:21+00:00

Hello,

I updated my wife's laptop by swapping out her 1 TB HardDrive to a 1 TB SSD Drive. It's so much faster on boot, quieter and battery seems to last longer.

Well, I didn't want to waste the old 1TB HD. So, I put it into a USB 3.0 external enclosure.

I formatted it but the couldn't get to the Recovery/System EFI partitions to delete. [Don't need them anymore since they are on the SSD in wife's laptop.]

I tried in my host Desktop running Windows 10. I ran diskmgmt.msc, but when Right-Clicking on those partitions, the options are not available to delete. If I Right-Click on the 'Basic Data Partition', those options are available.

Then I tried FDisk, but it's not in my Windows 10 OS. I used it a lot in Windows 7.

Bear in mind, this is re-purposed as an External 1 TB HardDrive. I no longer need it for the original Laptop. The Recovery tools are installed on the SSD that replaced this HardDrive.

Any ideas?

I can live with 100 plus GB unavailable, but it just bugs me I can't blow it away.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Danielo

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Igor Leyko 110.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-08-23T19:26:17+00:00

    Hi Daniel,

    My name is Igor, I have 12 Microsoft MVP awards. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you. I'm sorry you have a problems.

    You may clean your hard drive using diskpart tool and its clean command, and ther re-initialize this drive as MBR.

    Please note? all data will be deleted during cleaning.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-08-24T20:52:13+00:00

    Hi Daniel,
    My name is Igor, I have 12 Microsoft MVP awards. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you. I'm sorry you have a problems.

    You may clean your hard drive using diskpart tool and its clean command, and ther re-initialize this drive as MBR.
    Please note? all data will be deleted during cleaning.

    Hello Igor,

    I totally forgot it was diskpart, not fdisk, that I used to use all the time.

    Thank you for the reminder.

    I used to use diskpart for making bootable USB thumbdrives all the time.

    I just spaced.

    Awesome! Thank you!

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