Disk Management - Need Help, Please


  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
       #1

    Disk Management - Need Help, Please


    I'm trying to change my external hard drive from 'NTFS' to 'FAT32'.

    I was following a guide on WikiHow, and the guide told me to delete the external hard drive's partition, and then recreate the partition for my external hard drive.

    I deleted my external hard drive's partition, and I'm trying to recreate the partition, but I cannot find out how to do so. When I deleted my external hard drive's partition, it disappeared, so there's I cannot easily recreate a partition. Can someone help me, please?

    Thanks :)

    Additional Information
    • My external hard drive is a 'My Passport Essential'; it holds 500GB of space.
    • My external hard drive was listed as a 'G' drive on my computer.
    • I am using Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
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  2. Posts : 2,726
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #2

    Have a looky over here pal

    data-partition
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  3. Posts : 2,344
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Does the drive show up in Disk management if you unplug it and then plug it back in?
    If it does can you post a screen shot of your disc management.
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  4. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    kodi said:
    Does the drive show up in Disk management if you unplug it and then plug it back in?
    If it does can you post a screen shot of your disc management.
    No, it does not I'll watch the video posted in this thread, and I'll let you guys know if it works or not
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  5. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Alright, I just watched the tutorial, and it did not help, unfortunately. The tutorial based its usefulness upon the notion that the drive was still visible and had unallocated space; this is not my case.

    I deleted the partition for my external hard drive, and once I did this the drive, partition, etc. for the external hard drive disappeared. I can see the external hard drive on my computer, but it does not have an assigned drive or a partition.

    This is where I need help - I want to make the external hard drive appear in 'Disk Management', but I need some help :)
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  6. Posts : 2,344
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #6

    What options are available if you right click on it in My Computer?
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  7. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    In order to locate my external hard drive, I must go to 'Devices and Printers'. Once I have found my external hard drive, I can choose to edit the properties of the device functions, as seen in the picture below. I have tried to populate the external hard drive, but every time I do, it reverts back to having no allocated or unallocated space.

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  8. Posts : 4,772
    Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
       #8

    Hello,

    Go to Disk Management there you might find unallocated space Right Click on it and assign a Drive Letter. Then you might have an option to create Partition. Go ahead and try creating a Partition. See ig that fixes it. Check this article as a reference Troubleshooting Disk Management

    Hope this helps,
    Captain
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  9. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Alright, I got it working finally: I did a hard boot, plugged the bugger in, and it appeared as unallocated space. Sometimes I just want to kill Windows... I need a Mac :P

    Thanks everyone for your help! Cookies for all!


    *Runs off into the sunset*
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  10. Posts : 4,772
    Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
       #10

    Titan X said:
    Alright, I got it working finally: I did a hard boot, plugged the bugger in, and it appeared as unallocated space. Sometimes I just want to kill Windows... I need a Mac :P

    *Runs off into the sunset*
    Glad you got it working .... Be careful it's a Windows community
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