Windows 10: Uninstall problem

Having a dual IE:- two separate SSD setup, one with W8.1 and the other with W10 9841.
Because of problems with the W10 install had to do a repair without losing my files and folders.
Because of this I have found it impossible to upgrade to W10 9860 so I now wish to format this SSD.
Windows does not give me this option, nor does Easus Todo, nor Easus Partitioner which indicate that the
Boot Partition and the System Partition cannot be wiped.
Can anyone suggest a method to format this SSD.

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Uninstall Problems

First make sure you connect your device to your PC to sync. This all new data will get copied.



Secondly, your phone must have a software called Clear Storage. Look for and tap to run it. Follow the instructions and your device will restart with default settings.

 

Uninstall Problems

Linley Meslier wrote:

this normally happens when there is more than 50 apps installed. There is a registry key that can restore the list. For that to work you must have had donea backup of that specific key. Which I doubt you did. Your only option then is to perform a hard rese
and reinstall your apps. Remember to perform a backup first.

I'm a new user so please advice me on how to do this. thanks

 

Open the Admin Command Prompt:

• diskpart
• List disk
• select disk # where # is the disk that contains hidden partitions
• list par
• select partition #
• delete partition OVERRIDE
• repeat steps 5 & 6 for the additional hidden partitions.
• exit

OR:
if you want to clean the whole disk, after step 3 above
Type: clean
Type: exit

 

Thank you for your reply.
Problem is I don't know which one to delete because they don't show drive letter. see att below.
Both SSD,s are the same configured sizes. W10 is online all the time even though I am in W8.1

 

OK. use list volume instead of list disk. It should give you the drive letter for each SSD.
Then use select volume #
Continue step 4 above.


EDIT: Also, you can open disk management and you'll be able to see which disk # associated with Windows 10

 

Looks like its impossible to either format or clean W10 on my SSD.

 

Since the Bootmgr resides in the SSD containing Windows 10. You have to move it to the other SSD using easybcd. After moving the Bootmgr, disconnect the Windows 10 SSD and try to boot to make sure it works

EasyBCD Portable | Portable X Apps

and follow the screenshot:





NOTE: Click on down arrow, replace Z: with the appropriate drive letter.

 

The two SSD,s are in no way connected, each being loaded with its own master boot loader.
I have disconnected the SSD with W10 installed to post this, and if I disconnect this W8.1 SSD and replace it with the W10 SSD it starts with its own boot loader.
On start up with both SSD,s installed by clicking on F8 when the bios screen appears I can choose which O/S I wish to use.

 

OK, so I guess you had the SSD with Windows 8 disconnected when you installed Windows 10, am I correct ?
Let's try this:
Connect both SSD's then instead of using the F8, go into BIOS and set the boot priority to Windows 8 SSD first then boot it up. Next, post a screenshot of the disk management. I suspect you have both SSD's marked as ACTIVE and Windows might get confused.

 

See post three, and yes I know that both drives are active which is why I think it is impossible to format as security by Microsoft to protect the O/S is stopping access.
The only way I can see round this is to wait for Microsoft to release W10 in order to relax security ie:- active on the internet on preview builds.
Whilst in W8.1 with both drives installed, my a/v flags up that my internet connection is unsafe due to the fact that anyone can gain access to my computer, but when I disconnect the W10 drive it declares my connection is 100% safe.
This is probably why Microsoft release so many updates for Defender in W10 Preview, which is a cause for concern.

 

Post #3 does not tell anything. Every disk connected and recognized by Windows is online. There is a difference being online and Active. If you have both disks marked Active then diskpart might fail to clean it. You need to mark the disk you work on as INACTIVE. That's why I asked you to show us the screen shot of disk management

 

As requested.

 

OK, now I can see that you have both disks marked as Active. If disk 0 is your Windows 10 and is the one you want to clean:

• Diskkpart
• select disk 0
• select par 1
• inactive
• select disk 0
• clean.

 

Would it be possible to remove my Disk W8.1
Then load Disk W10 then follow your above instructions and make this disk inactive before cleaning.
The reason being I made a right mess when installing W10 preview.
Drag and drop did not go to the letter I wanted it to and completely wiped out my original W8.1.