Windows 10: not sure whom to ask or what forum for questions on disk partitiion

I recently suffered thru a system crash. windows 7. I purchased a new power supply and also a new 1TB SSD drive onto which I installed Windows 10 Pro.

In disk management the drive shows as two sections. I read a piece on which drive should be active and although the system boots up fine - the larger part of the drive is not the active one.

I also purchased a 3TB spin drive (hitachi) that I formatted but formatted as MBR I can only see part of the drive. the balance is unallocated. I tried formatting it as GPT and the whole drive seems to be formatted, but in the 'This PC" it doesn't show up. that now has backups on it from various drives. I'd like to use the whole drive but not sure if I can at this point. I have EaseUs partition 14, but not sure how to use it or even if I can.

sorry if this post is in the wrong forum. I didn't know where to start. photos attached on my disk management once I figure out how to do that. I think I uploaded the file but not sure

thank you for helping.

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not sure whom to ask or what forum for questions on disk partitiion

I recently suffered thru a system crash. windows 7. I purchased a new power supply and also a new 1TB SSD drive onto which I installed Windows 10 Pro.

In disk management the drive shows as two sections. I read a piece on which drive should be active and although the system boots up fine - the larger part of the drive is not the active one.

I also purchased a 3TB spin drive (hitachi) that I formatted but formatted as MBR I can only see part of the drive. the balance is unallocated. I tried formatting it as GPT and the whole drive seems to be formatted, but in the 'This PC" it doesn't show up. that now has backups on it from various drives. I'd like to use the whole drive but not sure if I can at this point. I have EaseUs partition 14, but not sure how to use it or even if I can.

sorry if this post is in the wrong forum. I didn't know where to start. photos attached on my disk management once I figure out how to do that. I think I uploaded the file but not sure

thank you for helping.

 

not sure whom to ask or what forum for questions on disk partitiion

will I lose any data on it by doing that or should I back up all that first. I have only had this system up and running for 2 days and finally got my software installed.........but if I convert it at this point, can I just do it? the 3TB drive is just for storage. but that one can't be converted. Disk 0 is not the main drive. Disk 1 is the one with the system on it. the only option I have for that is to convert to Dynamic Disk and I don't know what that is.

I had used a dock to put info on the Disk0 before I installed it. I had Win10 up and running - then added it. I didn't remember if with the new SATA drive connections you had to put certain drives in a certain order.

these are probably no brainer questions for you out there, but my computer knowledge dates back to the 70's where you had to use jumpers on devices to signify the order. I just haven't done much in the past few years , so I don't remember. I put this system together years ago..........I know just enough to really screw myself up. I think I'm getting a little paranoid about losing my data. I lost a lot when the SSD drive tanked due to the PS failing and probably overheating.

I'm just now finding some of my backup thumb drives with data on it which is critical to my small business.