Windows 10: Windows 10 doesn't recognize existing partition

I have a Lenovo E580 about a year & a half old. about a month ago I got a BOD from an update. After trying for weeks with, check this do that, I decided to get a new install image for the E580, download from Lenovo, so it would be a clean start. Still plagued by BOD errors. Finally worked my way through them. Had it running for about 3 days with BOD, so I decided to partition the 1G drive. Created a "D" drive, gave it a couple days, worked fine. Downloaded my back up files on D. Waited two more days and downloaded Chrome. Was going to reinstall some of my software Family Tree Maker 2019 and discovered that it doesn't recognize D anymore. It insists that its raw and needs to be formatted! help please! I am so tired of trying to get my laptop to work.


Eric

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HDD partitions format

Used a tool from the list and it worked..
Install won't start if windows can't recognize the partitions.

 

W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that

 

Sudden automatic appearance of disk partition on Windows 10

Hi,

Please let us know, if you have made any changes prior to this issue.

I suggest you to remove the partition and check.

To delete an existing partition from Windows 10:

• Follow the instructions from step 1 to 5 from the above section.
• From the right pane of the Disk Management section, right-click the volume (partition) that you want to delete.
• From the context menu that appears, click Delete Volume.

Hope this information helps.

Regards,

Guru Kiran