Windows 10: All my partitions appear empty while reinstalling windows

Discus and support All my partitions appear empty while reinstalling windows in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi all,I was wiping my windows 10 to install windows 8.1 don't ask me why, my laptop is too old for windows 10 and as I said the final goodbye to Win... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by It's Arav, Feb 5, 2022.

  1. It's Arav Win User

    All my partitions appear empty while reinstalling windows


    Hi all,I was wiping my windows 10 to install windows 8.1 don't ask me why, my laptop is too old for windows 10 and as I said the final goodbye to Win 10 and restarted into the bootable media, and spammed the f12 key, the menu didn't appear. Windows 10 began to load. So I force shut it down and rebooted into the flash driveit worked this time and wend ahead and deleted the boot partitions, I noticed something weird. All the drives showed that they were completely empty. I opened up CMD shift+f10, then launched Notepad, hit open, went to This PC, and to my shock none of the disks had the

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    It's Arav, Feb 5, 2022
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  2. W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Feb 5, 2022
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  3. Sudden automatic appearance of disk partition on Windows 10

    Hi,

    Please let us know, if you have made any changes prior to this issue.

    I suggest you to remove the partition and check.

    To delete an existing partition from Windows 10:

    • Follow the instructions from step 1 to 5 from the above section.
    • From the right pane of the Disk Management section, right-click the volume (partition) that you want to delete.
    • From the context menu that appears, click Delete Volume.

    Hope this information helps.

    Regards,

    Guru Kiran
     
    Guru Kiran G, Feb 5, 2022
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  4. All my partitions appear empty while reinstalling windows

    Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


    Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

    Method 1:
    I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

    1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
    2. Select or click Ease of Access.
    3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
    4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
    5. Check if issue is resolved.
    Method 2:
    I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

    1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
    2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
    3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
    4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
    5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.
     
    ChojiTiger, Feb 5, 2022
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