Windows 10: Broken disk management, installed programs, and unable to shut down or reboot after...

TL;DR: I can't get into the Disk Management app it just hangs on "Connecting to Virtual Disk Service...", if I go into Apps & Features in the settings it now tells me I have no apps installed I have many, many apps installed, and neither the "Shut down" nor "Restart" buttons under Start -> Power do anything.

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Disk management console view is not up-to-date

i dont know how to fix your disk management, but i can fix your partition problems...




open up Command Prompt with admin rights. (Right click, run as admin)


enter in
DISKPART
list disk

then find the Disk number for your Raid array... lets call it number 7 ( you can tell what disk is what by the total size)
type in

Select Disk 7
List Partition (will give you a list of all the partitions..)
Select Partition 1 (im assuming you only have 1 partition on Disk 7) repeat this step if you have more partitions.
ASSIGN


that should get the array up and running ready to use.


EDITED.

any problems, post back ^^


Still EDITING *Stick Out Tongue

side question, have you tried restarting the PC?

 

Disk manager

Thanks but unfortunately this did not resolve the issue. I had put virtual disk service in auto as someone suggested and it did work the first time i rebooted and ran the disk manager but that was the only time it ran after shutting it down and subsequently
rebooting for another reason. Now the virtual disk manager will not start anymore??? any more idea's ??

 

Disk Management

Hi Keith,

Thanks for providing the detail that was requested previously. Since the disk management screen that you saw is showing greyed out options, we suggest that you follow the steps below to change the partition type of your internal drive:

• Open Disk Management then right click the partition on the disk you want to covert and select Delete Volume.
• Once you complete the process you will see the whole disk shown as two separate unallocated spaces. Right-click the disk and select Convert to GPT disk.

After the conversion, you will be able to use the whole disk and then you can create new separate partitions.

We look forward to your response to our queries.