Windows 10: Cant delete virtual drive from disk manager, because I can't see it there.

Hello,


today I've created virtual drive, but when I wanted to remove it from 'My computer', I couldn't find it in disk manager. I've tried to delet folder, from which I've made the virtual drive, but now it shows me questions mark next to the picture of drive in My computer.

Can you please help me, how can I remove it?


Thank you.

:)

 

Virtual Disk

Hello

I am Sidney, an independent Microsoft expert, and also a customer just like you. I will try to help you resolving your issue.

Be aware that everything inside your virtual disk will be deleted.

In order to delete a virtual disk , you will need to:

- press Window + R at the same time

- Execute ‘diskmgmt.msc’ and click OK

- The Disk Management window will open

- Please right-click on the virtual disk listed in the Volume column (your 10 Gb drive)

Then you can extend your main disk so that it uses the new allocated space.

Best,

Sidney

 

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.

 

Windows 10 - Disk Management stalls with message "Connecting to virtual disk service"

Disk Management never loads and stalls at "Connecting to virtual disk service."

This may be an issue if you are running SSD and have a SSD manager that suggests turning off a number of services to improve SSD longevity. Or if you have disabled services using a tweak site like Home | Black Viper | www.blackviper.com. Not sure which was the case
for my computer but I'm pretty sure it was one of those two. =)

I've seen two solutions outside of the Microsoft Answers so I'm going to post both of them in a single post. One worked for me but others have had the other issue of the two.

Possible Solution 1

Virtual Disk is disabled. To enable:

• Type services.msc in search or run box and press enter
• Scroll down to Virtual Disk Service. Is it disabled?
• Right click > Properties > Startup type > Manual or Automatic
• You can also press the start button to start the service.
• Check Disk Management to see if your drives show up.

Possible Solution 2 (this worked for me)

Volume Shadow Copy is disabled. To enable:

• Type services.msc in search or run box and press enter
• Scroll down to Volume Shadow Copy Service. Is it disabled?
• Right click > Properties > Startup type > Manual or Automatic
• You can also press the start button to start the service. (I set it to manual and then pressed the start button)
• Check Disk Management to see if your drives show up. (Disk Management showed the drives instantly)

Hope this helps someone.