Windows 10: cant remove disk form storage pool, cant delete volume

there is no option to remove my disk from storage pool and i cant remove its volume beacuose its grayed out, please helpalso from some reason i cant upload any photos on this page.

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storage pool is showing in disk management but not showing in control centre .iwant to delete storage pool .how i can delete this

Hello rajat,

My name is Hanem, an independent advisor, and I'm here to help you.

I'm sorry that you are experiencing this issue, and I will try my best to assist you.

Since there is no option to delete it via control panel, you can delete it either through settings or powershell, please follow the steps hereelete Storage Spaces pool from PowerShellTo delete a storage pool from PowerShell, use these steps:

1. Open Start.

2. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.

3. Type the following command to view the storage pools available on Windows 10 and press Enter: Get-StoragePool

4. Type the following command to view the virtual disk in the storage pool and press Enter:

5. $stpool = (Get-StoragePool -FriendlyName "Storage pool")

Get-VirtualDisk -StoragePool $stpool

6. In the command, change “Storage pool” to the name of your pool.

7. Type the following command to remote the virtual disk from the pool and press Enter:

8. Remove-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Storage space"

9. In the command, change “Storage space” to the name of your space.

10. Press Y and enter to continue.

11. Type the following command to delete the storage pool with PowerShell and press Enter:

12. Remove-StoragePool -FriendlyName "Storage pool"

or

1. Open settings, click/tap on the System icon.

2.Click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Manage Storage Spaces link on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. Perform the following actions to delete a storage space from a storage pool:

A) Expand open a storage pool you want to delete a storage space from.

B) Expand open Storage Spaces for the storage pool.

C) Click/tap on the storage space you want to delete.

D) Click/tap on Properties.

4. Click delete

5. Click/tap on Delete Space to confirm.

6. The storage space will now be deleted from the storage pool. You can now close Settings if you like

Feel free to reply on this thread if you still need further assistance, and I'll be more than happy to assist you.

 

How to remove external hard disk from storage pool on Windows 10

Hi Velen,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern about removing the external hard disk from storage pool, we will help you with this issue.

Try the below steps to: Remove a physical disk by using Windows PowerShell
and check if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows
  key from the keyboard, type Windows PowerShell and select
  Run as administrator.
  
• 
  Enter the command replacing <diskname> with the disk name:
  

• • 
    Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName <diskname> -Usage Retired
    

(If the pool is clustered, you will need to run this command on the cluster node which has the cluster resource for the pool online.)

3. Prior to performing step 5, you must wait for all active repair jobs to complete. To monitor the status of repair jobs, type the following command:
Get-StorageJob

4. Type the following command: Remove-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName <diskname>

5. Physically disconnect the old disk.

For further reference: Storage Spaces Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Attached virtual disk doesn't show up in disk manager (storage pools)

The first link seems to be for a proprietary NAS system, not Windows. The second link is interesting, but his (faulty) storage pool is at least showing up - mine is gone but the virtual disks that were in the pool somehow haven't been "unassigned". I suppose I could delete the *.vhdx files and create new ones, but there should be a simpler way to remove the pool assignment from an existing (virtual) disk. Also, if these old pool assignemnts are floating around somewhere in the registry, it might have bad side effects if I re-create virtual disks or the pool with the same name... I deleted the pool through the server manager GUI (also shown in the second link). First deleted the volume in the pool (only had one volume), then the pool itself. - - - Updated - - - Ok, I solved it. Turns out that an attached virtual disk (from a *vhd/x file) shows up as a physical disk (Get-PhysicalDisk command). The Get-VirtualDisk command apparently isn't supposed to list attached/mounted virtual disks but only virtual disks created within a storage pool. In any case, listing the physical disks shows not only the actual physical disks but also all attached virtual disks (as physical disks, yes, it's confusing) with some more info such as whether they are assigned to a pool. Conveniently, the "Reset-PhysicalDisk" command is exactly what I was looking for - it cleans any pool assignments from a physical disk (and deletes everything, so be careful). In my case, I had to run Code:

and all attached virtual disks became clean and available for a new pool.