This Windows Trick Saved My SSD

[@JonathanSwiftUK]

The disk was initialized incorrectly, it's in MBR format, all you had to do was convert to GPT in the gui, which allows partitions greater than 2TB, then create your volume. Never use diskpart unless you are very confident. Always use GPT format for new drives/disks of whatever size, MBR is an old format.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

MBR still has its place. Not everyone is running new PCs or have drives in excess of 2TB, need more than 4 partitions, etc.

[@Just_Lew]

@@FlyboyHelosim There very few situations that would benefit from staying with MBR, GPT is better overall better for newer systems. You're only limiting your newer software by sticking with it. Not my system though. This video unfortunately does not cover those considerations ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@Just_Lew If you say so. I don't run ultra modern systems or programs, have drives bigger than 2TB, or need more than 4 partitions. So I personally have never had a use-case for GPT.

[@andygardiner6526]

@@FlyboyHelosim If you are simply upgrading a boot disk in windows (eg via a clone to a new drive) and your bios does not support UEFI then you should not use gpt on the target drive, and you cannot get benefit from a drive greater than 2TB, as Microsoft insists that windows boots gpt partitions via UEFI (Linux does not). Just found that out the hard way!

[@geauxracerx]

@@FlyboyHelosimwhy would they have a NVME SSD then?

[@mahmaneiti]

it's not an issue, the first time you open disk management after instaling any new disk, a window will popup and ask to choose between mbr and gpt, in case you choose ok without reading, it's by default on mbr, i don't see why going through all those commands!! just convert it in the disk manager, someone that isn't very familiar with these things could confuse the drives and delete the wrong disk

[@zadekeys8304]

Thank you for all your years of hard work Brian! As a long time user of 'Disk Part' , use this tip - shorten each word to the 1st 3 letter of the word. EG "List Disk" = lis dis ; "Create Primary Partition" = cre pri par. :)

[@greenonline5469]

Wow, I've done a lot with hard drive upgrading and partition management over the years but never have I received a drive higher than 2TB come on MBR. Luckily I already knew about the MBR limitations and checking the partition type would have been the first thing I checked in this instance, but it's surprising to know you were sent a *brand new* SSD above 2TB on MBR.

[@Britec09]

Learn something new everyday

[@D.von.N]

I received a branded usb from Currys that said 64 gb on the website, 64 on the package and 64 on the usb itself but only had 32GB capacity. Still puzzled to this day....

[@OlettaLiano]

Diskpart is a handy thing to know. It's saved me a lot of trouble over the years. Good that you solved your issue with the clean command, as Clean All can tale ages to do. LOL

[@FlyboyHelosim]

He wasn't sent a new drive on MBR. He obviously selected MBR when first prompted to initialize the disk.

[@greenonline5469]

That's very true, although it could also be possible it was a returned unit and the drive wasn't reset before being sent out again

[@Drottninggatan2017]

One can do a "list disk" even after the "select disk" to se that the intended disk is selected. There will be a "*" in front of it.

[@Britec09]

diskpart is a very powerful tool

[@johngoard8272]

Nice one Brian and thanks mate I do like the tutorials you put out using the command prompt, regedit, and gpedit as I find using those utilities very useful to me at least - my level of savvy.

[@curts.8940]

Nice video Brian. I have used Diskpart for years. It is a great tool to make corrections such as the one you posted.

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@XEONvE]

2:10 you could of simply converted to GPT by 1 click... how is it a better to use CLI and type a bunch of code over 1 click??

[@adrianandrews2254]

I often create drives like this. Create a large GPT drive and then use the command in a partition manager. You can then install Windows on the MBR partition and set up whatever extra drives you want in the GPT partition. So "Why ?" do this. Because the drive CANNOT be Bitlocked. So 2 fingers to Microsoft. As to how, every GPT drive has an MBR boot sector so that legacy tools don't think that a formatted GPT drive is "empty" and overwrite it. This just splits the physical drive into two.

[@shlomoaziz411]

I had the same issue but I did a different work around , your way is faster and better Thank you for the video and your time.

[@Britec09]

You're welcome!

[@Murph9000]

In this situation, I would use either the drive manufacturer's tools or the BIOS to do a "secure erase" on the NVMe drive. It's essentially a full factory reset of the drive, other than wear from writes (which is permanent).

[@peterlynchmusic]

same problem here after buying 2 x predator NVMe 4tb drives. Thanks for the solution well explained as usual.

[@Sid-Cannon]

The last couple of motherboards I've bought, Z170 in 2016 and X570 in 2021, I made sure they had secure erase available from the BIOS. So I'd have done it that way.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing

[@cstaten293]

You can use three letter commands in diskpart ; List disk = lis dis, select disk 1= sel dis 1, clean= cle, etc most commands will work

[@Britec09]

I know, but I am teaching people to use full commands.

[@dennisvaughn540]

Another Great lesson, Thanks!

[@Britec09]

Glad you liked it!

[@inappropriatejohnson]

I had a similar problem......diskpart and reformatting into a single volume worked great. I use my old Lenovo potato for such risky jobs.....after cloning its C-boot drive.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing

[@fragalot]

The "clean" command simply erases the partition tables and the bootstrap, and leaves the drive virtually blank. It does not zero out the drive, and dosen't format the drive. Your OS will not see the drive after a clean until you use disk management to remount it. Data CAN be recovered after "clean" but you'll need special software or a data recovery service to do so.

[@theplayernkc]

To my knowledge you should use the command "clean all" on a SSD (which a NVMe drive is). This ensures that each drive sector is zeroed. The drive controller will still see data on the drive even when using the "clean" command and will affect the drive's performance over time. Doing the "clean all" is basically like using the trim function, it's telling the drive controller there is no longer any data on the drive so it will write to the entire drive space. Yes the "clean all" command takes longer, but is the correct way to ensure the drive controller knows each sector is free of data and can be written to.

[@KelticLad]

nice one, wasn't really sure what you's were talking about last night but i guessed diskpart watching the video, also love cruical drives great product for a great price. thanks for sharing the knowledge.

[@Britec09]

You're welcome mate and thanks for the continued support me old mucker

[@bitemykrank1970]

If you delete the drive in Device Manager and remove the driver at the same time, and reboot the PC you can create a full drive partition in disk management no problems. Works for me.

[@Lofote]

Why such a strange way? Just convert it to gpt inside disk manager and everything is fine without hacking :)

[@bitemykrank1970]

@@Lofote You need to clear the MBR boot record BEFORE it can be formatted to anything else.

[@williamjones4483]

I discovered the diskpart command many years ago and it helped me save a bunch of hard drives that were otherwise useless just by cleaning the bad partitions and data from them. Diskpart is a wonderful tool, but also a very dangerous tool as you said, make sure you know which drives you are cleaning. Another thing is after I've cleaned the drive I'll go back to the disk management and when it opens it will identify that drive and prompt me to set either MBR or GPT.

[@z95m]

MSDOS is alive and well!

[@Britec09]

Sure is

[@UncleJemima]

just to ruin the fun with pedantry: while DISKPART _does_ have a very MS-DOS like aesthetic, that's primarily because it's a program that runs at the command prompt, aka the terminal. the terminal was the main/only way to run programs back in the DOS days, though it has been entirely replaced by a graphical user interface for average PC users while it might seem archaic, the terminal is actually still heavily used by programmers and sysadmins (not to mention Linux chads) to this day. for many of those folks it's faster to type commands than it is to click around the screen to open, interact with, and close programs. the terminal also lets you do some cool power-user things like chain together the inputs and outputs of multiple programs within a single command, which would be a cumbersome multi-step process to achieve with graphical programs even after Microsoft developed a graphical interface starting in Windows 3.0, MS-DOS did continue to behave as the back-end through the 9x versions and ME. (Windows was even originally its own program that DOS would launch on system startup!) meanwhile, Microsoft was busy developing a new back-end "kernel" called NT which would replace DOS almost entirely with the releases of Windows 2000 and XP. Some elements of DOS did remain for specific compatibility needs through Windows 10, but as of version 11 it has been fully removed from Windows but, if you have nostalgia for the days of olde, there's always good ol' DISKPART ❤

[@24321619]

And still as confusing as hell.

[@Lofote]

Where do you see MSDOS here?

[@UncleJemima]

@@Lofote many people think that DOS and a command prompt are the same thing fun fact - as of Windows 11, MSDOS has been completely stripped from the OS, including long-standing remnants that had remained in Windows 10 for compatibility

[@CesareVesdani]

I faced this problem is because MBR cannot allocate more than 2TB.

[@matrix54190]

Thanks Brian👍🏼👍🏼.

[@Britec09]

My pleasure!!

[@SupraManG]

Interesting enough, I had this same issue with a Crucial SSD SATA 2.5-inch drive. I contacted Crucial and they gave me the solution in a very reasonable amount of time. It would appear it's not limited to just the SATA drives.

[@mark-sk3do]

I've used diskpart a few times and is a handy tool if you want to avoid installing 3rd party disk management software on your PC

[@NelsonBigGunP200Fan]

is it because its not set in GPT, but in MBR which has limits on the size?

[@BurrPulch]

Diskpart is useful for deleting volumes or partitions when the GUI won't.

[@TheFurrry]

I was helping a customer over the phone with a similar problem, without even thinking i told her to delete the first disk, what did she do? Deleted the disk 1 instead of Disk 0. That was fun lol. Had to get her computer in and recover the partition, ofcourse i got the blame lol

[@a7mad_ksa]

# محتوى الفيديو على شكل هرم شجري ## 1. إنشاء حجم بسيط جديد [00:00] - مشكلة المساحة غير المخصصة [00:00]. - عدم القدرة على إنشاء حجم جديد [00:12]. - وجود أقسام مختلفة، بعضها مسموح وبعضها غير مسموح [00:26]. ## 2. استخدام أوامر قرص النظام [00:02] - فتح أداة Dispart [00:02:16]. - تنفيذ أمر "list disk" لتحديد الأقراص [00:03:25]. - أهمية اختيار القرص الصحيح [00:03:39]. - تنظيف القرص [00:04]. - استخدام أمر "clean" لمسح البيانات [00:04:19]. - تحويل القرص إلى تنسيق GPT باستخدام أمر "convert gpt" [00:04:43]. ## 3. التحقق من وظيفة محرك الأقراص [00:06] - تنزيل البرنامج المخصص لإدارة محرك الأقراص [00:07:01]. - أهمية تنزيل البرامج من الشركة المصنعة [00:07:28]. - التحقق من حالة محرك الأقراص [00:09:08]. - استخدام أدوات مثل SMART [00:09:21]. - التأكد من صحة المحرك وعدم وجود أخطاء [00:09:35].

[@paulwarner5395]

I had this yesterday on a USB stick. I used one of the free partition programs to sort it.

[@gezb99]

Hi Brian - videos are very informative but do Crucial have a Linux version of the software?

[@Britec09]

No sure mate

[@nadtz]

gparted would get this done in Linux if you didn't want to deal with fdisk/parted. The only company I've come across that actually has working software for Linux is solidigm but you can get access to a lot of the same info with smartmontools or nvme-cli

[@nadtz]

Just did a little looking around and there is a program called GSmartControl which is a gui for smartmontools if that's more your thing.

[@danw1955]

Why not just use Gparted? It's available for every Linux distro I've ever seen, and you can do everything with it.😉

[@Lofote]

So what is the advantage of using diskpart compared to simply using the gui here, which does exactly the same thing. I didnt get it.

[@powerpc6037]

I just used diskpart on my empty drive, which had 3 partitions: one MBR, one main partition and a recovery partition. From within the GUI of the disk manager, I could delete the MBR and normal partitions but not the recovery partition. Right-clicking that partition only let me select "Help", there were no other choices. Using the clean command, I got rid of that recovery partition.

[@asagiai4965]

Only Clean your disk if you absolutely need to. Or you don't have any options. Cleaning can be both tedious and dangerous action.

[@Rood67]

04:00 after select disk # *ALWAYS RE-RUN SELECT DISK AGAIN* and ensure the select took and the asterisk is now at the desired disk number. Same for select Volume, Partition, etc… DOUBLE CHECK everything in DiskPart before doing a Clean, Delete, or other alteration to the disk.

[@router5840]

Another good video Bri,is there any reason you used powershell instead of cmd.

[@CosmicChew]

To fix this in the future perform the following. Start > CMD > Run as Admin In CMD: DISKPART then press Enter Key. In Diskpart type List Disk (In this video case example) type: Select Disk 1 then press Enter Key Type: Clean Once CMD confirms disk job is complete. Close CMD Go back to the Disk Management utility and perform your needed tasks for partitioning or formatting, If you have issues at the last part for Disk Management utility. There is a Service that you can start and restart. Windows button + R Services.msc In the services window find the service called "Virtual Disk". If it is running restart it. If it is off. Start the service. Then go back and open a new session for the Disk Management Utility and perform your tasks.

[@rdyer8764]

Thanks again. I have several SATA III SSDs on my system. I'm going to check to see if I have the correct utilities downloaded.

[@bigbigfizzi]

One way that I was able to completely clean my harddisk was with Windex. My data was completely cleaned. And it had a nice lemony scent. Unfortunately it became unusable in the process. Anyway, not a recommended way

[@arthurmann578]

😂😂👍👍 Actually, I believe Hillary Clinton tried to use a similar tactic when they asked her why she wiped clean her hard drive when she was ordered not too. She said "You mean wipe it with a cloth?" She should have added Windex too! 😂😂

[@bigbigfizzi]

@@arthurmann578 Haha. Hillary. If i were her, I'da used fire 🔥 instead cuz she can easily afford that.

[@kingrollos]

😂😂😂 yall funny

[@EliasOda]

Use Gnome disk utility called Disks. This is powerfull and fixes issues with any ssd or storage. Oh thats right, no-one here uses Linux.

[@amigagr]

wow, you discover the wheel! again!

[@CedroCron]

I just use a Low Level format program meant for SD cards but it will also do hard drives and SSD's, and it resets this problem.

[@lotus006]

you can write also : sel disk 1 instead of select disk 1

[@Britec09]

correct, you can also use vol instead of volume

[@lotus006]

@@Britec09 oh i didnt know that one ! thanks

[@NCCHerek]

Overcomplicated tutorial. Main issue is that disk use MBR and not GPT. Just click convert to GPT on disk.

[@AbdelhakHacini_Ghost]

Video title is misleading ...

[@conkeeper]

You made a right click function that is not confusing into a command line function that requires you to post a disclaimer. What was it a slow content week?

[@ahmettek315]

I have no idea why this got over 2.1K likes. Anyone who doesn't understand it, simply click the like button. Too much unnecessary technical videos and this is one of them. Did you really miss the "Convert to GPT" option? One who needs to watch this video to do that, should never touch it and could damage their whole data.

[@jmacdono]

I find that many times if I can't do something in Disk Management, I use Diskpart to control everything!

[@Absalon68]

And it's Really special feature is that it phones home and tells Daddy AAAALL About what you got stuck in that hunk of silicone.

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

I’m always doubting if it is clean or clear. But you don’t have to type the entire command. A simple “clea” is enough.

[@gan247]

Yes, you only need to type the first 4 characters of the command. To know the actual full name of the command, simply type HELP and enter. A list of all available commands will be listed for you.

[@gamesturbator]

When got to convert it to GPT, I'm getting "DiskPart has encountered an error: Incorrect function."

[@AlbedoAtoned]

This video seems to be targeting people who are not particularly tech savvy (not throwing shade). IMO, I would probably avoid suggesting tools or programs that are unnecessary and destructive. So in this case, it was obvious the disk was in MBR format, not GPT format. The solution to fix it was to right click the drive in the Disk Management and select "Convert to GPT". Diskpart was not necessary. Furthermore, you yourself said there was a risk in using Diskpart's clean command. There are legitimate use cases for using the clean command and while likely it won't hurt if used on a new drive that has no data on it, the chances of wiping your OS drive makes it a command I would only use if I thought it was necessary and in this case it did not look like it needed it. IMO the video is a bit reckless. You have to realize that some people will look at the video and think that they may need to use the command line in order to fix the problem. Some may actually use it here and could potentially wipe the wrong drive. Others may get scared and look to other programs. Just scrolling down a bit I see people recommending programs like Mini Partition Wizard. That example is a legitimate program, but it could have been a malware or fake program that was rrecommended instead and a user that was scared to use the commmand line might think that they needed it when Disk Management comes by default in Windows and can already handle this problem.

[@HawkqOjOp]

Wasn't that untouchable master boot record your backup recovery partition?

[@HeyManOK]

Was your drive new? Because the SMART data shows 500+ power cycles for the drive.

[@Britec09]

No, drive was not new, but it was never partitioned, so not sure how that happened.

[@danielgartin-oh9ik]

I had that error before, turns out the drive failed, no matter what computer I used it wasn’t detected

[@ocsrc]

I miss Partition Magic so much 😢😢😢😢

[@celestialode]

Why on earth can't we delete a partition from within disk manager's GUI is simply beyond me. Sure it makes sense that everything can be done from within diskpart but why such features aren't available from within the UI is a mystery

[@wernerviehhauser94]

I know why I'm doing my partitioning with gparted.....

[@milutzuk]

Man, I don't use Windows's Disk Management unless I need a quick and simple operation. Otherwise, I'm using Minitools Partition Wizard, which works in portable mode (install on a pc, copy it on a ufd and use it from there). Only if that doesn't work I'm down to diskpart or fdisk (linux). Windows's Disk Management is not verbose enough to make you understand what's going on. In your case, obviously, 2TB spells MBR and not GPT.

[@henrivanderriet3895]

How did it save your SSD? The video title implies it was broken or faulty.

[@Britec09]

People may think there drive is broken or faulty if they get this problem.

[@offworldconstructions]

You should tell people that to install W10 pro you will need a high computer knowledge IE format, bios, etc as I tried and cd key sales sent me a 15 minute video how to do it. My skills level is a 10 second video - press install- done.

[@kmeleon33]

There is nothing wrong there. The MBR format limit is max 2TB. Use GPT only for drives over 2TB. For less than 2TB use MBR.

[@lCountMike]

That didn't "Save disk" as nothing was wrong with it, just GPT vs, MBR. and that's solvable with one command line.

[@RRan-dk7ct]

Thank you !!!

[@danw1955]

Three words: AOMEI Partition Assistant (free edition). Much safer with a GUI that actually shows the partition names, sizes, etc., so you can determine which drive you're working with. Windows initialization for drives is still flawed since it seems to automatically initialize new drives that it detects, with an MBR partition table, no matter how big they are.🙄

[@Britec09]

AOMEI Partition Assistant also works, but that's installing software. But not sure MBR to GPT is FREE

[@danw1955]

@@Britec09 You can convert a data disk from MBR>GPT or vice versa, but not an actual system disk as it requires the disk to be unmounted (i.e. on startup) to convert it. Other than that, it covers a lot of territory for a freebie.😉

[@Britec09]

Still got to install software, my way you don't :)

[@mworld]

I've never seen that issue, but I always use GPT.

[@kennethnash598]

Open diskpart switch to correct disk and issue clean command. clean removes all partition information. even stuff windows sneaks on.

[@Can_You_Hear_Me]

Make a detail video on SSD Over Proviosioning.....

[@liveroy]

You certainly couldn't convert the disk to GPT from the DIsk Managment, right? :D

[@GeeksAndGamingNetwork]

I could not use the dispart cleaning command. it came back as an error. it said it could not perform the command because of an i/o device error...so now I'm stuck.

[@RayCunningham]

Does the drive work ok? The Crucial software shows 66 unsafe shutdowns, 706 errors logged and quite a lot of power cycles, etc. Could this be the cause of the problem with the drive?

[@dingokidneys]

He said it was previously used, hence the stats. Default Windows config when initialising it is probably what did it. Defaults have to work for the dumbest users doing dumb things.

[@chongtak]

Did not work for me. After successfully converting into GPT with the command prompt. The disk is still seen as main partition boot or something like that (in French). The only option available is convert to dynamic disk.

[@gofrancis]

WHY diskpart?? Once you convert the drive to GPT, the entire disk will be unallocated space. Just create new simple volume !

[@Fivemacs]

You must have installed linux instead on windows. The lack of bloat and malware windows gives will always save the drive

[@gojohnniegogo]

Had a similar issue a few weeks back with a new 8TB mechanical drive. Bemused me for a while what was going on!

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing

[@patrickprafke4894]

I wish there was a video on how to get all the drives and volumes to get "sucked up" in multi dynamic disks. I have 4 sata ssd's in my game rig. And I have 2 small partitions that are black and unused for some reason.

[@EslamNawito]

Wasn't the limit of MBR set at 2TB? will now I know what happens to disks that exceed that limit!!!!

[@jcnikoley]

How can I prevent a disk partition from appearing in the "safely Remove hardware" list?. With my fat fingers, I have accidentally disconnected a hard drive, though it was not in use, luckily. I don't want there to be any chance that this could happen on a hard drive. Only my SATA :E drive is listed. :C and :D are NVME, and not in the list. "Optimize for quick removal" has no effect.

[@BigBenAdv]

This is a BIOS/ UEFI function where the motherboard presents the drives attached to the SATA ports as quick removable drives. If you've an Asus mainboard, go into UEFI under Advanced/ SATA Configuration. Look for the SATA port(s) where the drive(s) are connected and disable "Hot Swap". For MSI boards, this is under Advanced/ Integrated Peripherals -> "Hot Plug" For Gigabyte & Asrock boards, it's under the Peripherals tab -> "Hot Plug"

[@jcnikoley]

@@BigBenAdv Thank you! My OCD was triggered to the next level. All good now. 👍

[@skozzy1968]

brit accent I find interesting, Thing > Fing . Something > Sumfing, With > Wiv, Install > Instaw, Health > Helf. Words witrh TH are a struggle hey, but still I get a chuckle and learn something. (lern sumfing)

[@LimbaZero]

How long untouched data should be ok on flash drives? I got one drive where about 4-5y old data (last accessed) started to have problems and smart show integrity errors but didn't take spare blocks in to use so block itself seems to be fine. I was trying to move games from steam library to another drive when it failed and I started to investigate.

[@dingokidneys]

SSD's are not ideal for long term archival storage. They need the cells refreshed periodically or you can get some data corruption. Just plug the drive in and look it over or better yet run 'trim' on it from time to time if you're going to keep it for that long.

[@florindo.]

I have same ssd as u from crucial.. but when I open theirs app, something wants to get through windows firewall "Zulu platform x64 architecture".. I'm afraid to tap access.. what is this?

[@LockCarge]

At a guess I would say it was the Java open source software that crucial use for their software app. Don't trust me though because I could be wrong!

[@richardsalt8002]

is there a difference betwenn typing command clean or clean all and does this work for thumb drives

[@Britec09]

The "clean all" command erases the drive securely

[@louf7178]

In my fuzzy recollections, Win11 needs GPT. I cannot think why it came in as MBR; maybe it was MBR, and since the primary disk and Windows is on GPT that this additional disk retained MBR (I had to go through lots to convert before Win11 upgrade).

[@adrianandrews2254]

Not true. Win 11 installs fine on an MBR drive if the PC firmware includes BIOS code as well as EFI.

[@adrianandrews2254]

Actually, you can install EFI on a MBR drive but its rather tedious (and pointless).

[@louf7178]

@@adrianandrews2254 Mine was an upgrade (10 to 11). Maybe clean install can be MBR.

[@kingrollos]

Im sure most ppl in these comments have there way to do things. Sometimes 3rd party partition software just make a mess of things. Its really good and insightful and really powerful to use diskpart. Good that you teach the important thing that someone should learn. Always loved your vids

[@NEO-v7r]

Couldn't be better timing. My ss just failed on me. 😢😅

[@financeentertain4676]

Hi britec😊 so what a good program to check any m.2 ? Example .hdd is a program hd tune about like that!

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

I think the partition was created, if you used it for booting to windows. I.e. windows partition as it is 2tb limit.

[@Britec09]

I never created partitions on the drive

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

@@Britec09 is it possible, that the drive has been used before you bought it ?

[@Britec09]

It was not a new drive, I formatted pc and wiped drives

[@eddietours3728]

Thanks

[@Britec09]

Welcome

[@mracnjak74]

or u can use "minitool partition wizard free"

[@IceColdKilax]

Above 2TB MBR GUI GPT has to be.

[@daguard411]

Any way I could ask how to set up Wireguard for a Linux 6.4.14pclos system?

[@franciscohorna5542]

or you can use crystal disk info

[@RayshenOmega]

Bruh u made a simple task 5hat can be done in disk management instead u used diskpart making like 5 extra steps

[@Britec09]

Its called learning.

[@radust85]

You tried to install windows on a NTFS MBR. The problem is that NTFS suporta onli 2gigs... And that's why u you got that 2 partitions ... The thing is that I never recomand installing windows in nvme gpt . And you know that also cose your a normal persen

[@tearren1]

Perhaps you missed typed something, but NTFS doesnt only support 2 Gigs. NTFS doesnt only support 2TB either. I have 20 TB HD formated with NTFS. FAT32 has a 4 GB file size limit, it has partition size limit of 2TB, i think but not sure. I dont use FAT32.

[@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh]

I was annoyed when MS removed the GUI for disk partition. I am a techie and the GUI just allowed you to do it faster and not have to type command after command to do the same thing. I remember that one reason was that some people were messing with it and loosing their data. They should have instead, is make it hidden and use a command to make it available for those that need it.

[@ryanzmuda3167]

Convert to gpt is safer.

[@Goldenhordemilo]

epm is how i sort partitions

[@Britec09]

EaseUS Partition Manager? good software.

[@Goldenhordemilo]

@@Britec09 its been the goto for many years

[@Goldenhordemilo]

@@Britec09 I used to do it in dos

[@honestgoat]

Who TF sent you a 4tb drive that was using MBR? Also, your average PC user should NOT be using diskpart. Minitool Partition Wizard should be the go to for basically everyone. gParted, which is what Minitool is based on is also great for people who can go the extra step and create a boot usb. gParted is technically more powerful as the features that are paid features in Minitool are free in gParted. But practically all the features your average person will need will be free in Minitool. Including I believe converting MBR to GPT.

[@crashoverride1788]

or just use Partiion Wizard...