There is No “Initialize Disk” Option for My New SSD?

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There is No “Initialize Disk” Option for My New SSD?

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I’m setting up my friend’s new SSD, but I’m having trouble initializing it. It’s listed as Disk 0, is online, and is unallocated, but nevertheless the only options I get when I right-click it are to Convert to Dynamic Disk and Convert to MBR Disk. What’s going on here?

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Anonymous

Run diskpart > list disk > select disk 0 > clean

Then open disk manager and a prompt to initialize it should pop up

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Answer 2

Hello, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

It sounds like it's already initialized to GPT, if those are the only choices. But if there's no option to format in Disk Mgmt then it might be stuck. Is there an error?

You can try initializing the SSD using another method here:

https://www.minitool.com/partition-disk/initial...

If none of those methods work run the manufacturer's Drive toolkit to diagnose the SSD, and/or contact the manufacturer's Support for how to proceed with initializing, diagnosing or RMA.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

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