Windows 10: Hard drive keeps becoming unallocated

So I have recently installed a new 2 TB WD internal HDD in my pc. I had an issue with the previous HDDso I thought, so I bought a new one. I have formatted the drive, made sure all of the drivers are up to date, and did the new simple volume to turn it into allocated space. The issue that I am having is that all seems well with the HDD until I put the PC in sleep mode or power it off. Once I do that the HDD once again becomes unallocated. I have lost my games and other items on my HDD. The crazy thing is that I contacted Windows support and the advice they gave me worked for two weeks then the issue started happening again. Can someone please help me with this??


My build is the following:


Ryzen 9 3900x

48 gbs of Corsair Dominator RAM

Aorus Pro Wifi x570

NZXT CPU cooler

1 TB Samsung SSD

RTX 3070


The HDD is a WD 2 TB 3.5 inch 5400 RPMs.


Any help is appreciated.

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Unallocated Space to C Drive

Thanks

 

Unallocated Space to C Drive

Hi Travis,

It appears that a disk partition was created but was never assigned its allocation. Assuming there are no files stored in the unallocated partition, perform these steps to combine it with your C: drive:

• In Disk Management, right-click on (C which appears next to the
  Unallocated partition.
  
• Select Extend.

Let us know if you're able to combine the spaces after following the steps above.

Regards.

 

Hard Drive Question

Hit WindowKey+R, and type compmgmt.msc and hit enter.

In the left hand pane of the window that pops up, select Disk Management.

Your unallocated hard drive should show up there. Initialize, then format it. I suggest quick format. The long one is unnecessary.