Unallocated space not accessible

[cromania2009]

Hello,

I added a 250 GB SSD to my PC, along with a 3 TB HDD. I used to have only the HDD and it was working perfectly fine. When I added the SSD, I did a fresh install of Windows. In the installation menu I just deleted all the existing partitions on the HDD (without formatting them!) and I then installed the Windows to the SSD. 

 

During the setup, I noticed that the HDD was separated into 2 parts: 2 TB + 1 TB (700+ GB actually), but I thought I could fix this in the Windows. Now it seems that I can only use 2 TB and I formatted it successfully in the Disk Manager, but the remaining 1 TB part is left there as "Unallocated space" and it doesn't give me any options to format it, nor the option to expand the 2 TB part. 

I did my digging in the realms of internets, downloaded MiniTool Partition Wizard and found out that this unallocated space is formatted as MBR (Master Boot Record).

I can't seem to find a solution to format it to NTSC so I can use it only as storage. The HDD is now completely empty and I have all my data on the SSD so I have no HDD data to lose. However, I don't want to reinstall the Windows because I have a fresh install right now and it took me hours to download all the programs and set it up as I like. 

I also can't just "unplug" the SSD because it's an M.2 and it's located under the GPU so it would be too much fuss. 

 

How do I change the format of the HDD from MBR to NTSC or something so I can use its whole capacity?

 

Thanks for your help.

[Sabsonic]

First of all I think you mean NTFS not NTSC, that's for TVs

 

You could use the windows built in tool diskpart or a gparted live CD.

 

Run CMD as Admin then:

 

diskpart		; opens diskpart tool
list disk		; lists all your disks
select disk NUMBER	; probably 1 in your case
clean			; completely erases the whole hdd

After that you can use Disk Manager to create your new partition or any other tool.

[m0nss7erKill]

You can create new partition via disk manager in windows 10. And win 7. Just select your disk, right click on the unallocated space, and create new partition. Can't show you right now, because I am waiting. For my part from Amazon (cries in the corner)

[cromania2009]

1 minute ago, m0nss7erKill said:

You can create new partition via disk manager in windows 10. And win 7. Just select your disk, right click on the unallocated space, and create new partition. Can't show you right now, because I am waiting. For my part from Amazon (cries in the corner)

Yes, I know that, but my problem is that when I right click on this, I can only open Properties. No partitions, nothing.

[cromania2009]

16 minutes ago, Sabsonic said:

First of all I think you mean NTFS not NTSC, that's for TVs

 

You could use the windows built in tool diskpart or a gparted live CD.

 

Run CMD as Admin then:

 

diskpart		; opens diskpart tool
list disk		; lists all your disks
select disk NUMBER	; probably 1 in your case
clean			; completely erases the whole hdd

After that you can use Disk Manager to create your new partition or any other tool.

Okay, I did that and now it says that I need to initialise the drive to be able to use it. It gives me 2 options: MBR and GPT. I assume I want GPT?

[Sabsonic]

8 minutes ago, cromania2009 said:

Okay, I did that and now it says that I need to initialise the drive to be able to use it. It gives me 2 options: MBR and GPT. I assume I want GPT?

Since we already worked with diskpart, why not continue

 

Open up CMD again and do the following:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1		; Your Disk here
create partition primary
select partition  1
format fs=ntfs quick

Edit: Oh and yes, you could also just hit Ok on that Window.

[cromania2009]

6 minutes ago, Sabsonic said:

Since we already worked with diskpart, why not continue

 

Open up CMD again and do the following:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1		; Your Disk here
create partition primary
select partition  1
format fs=ntfs quick

 

Woohoo! 

I am now a proud owner of a 3 TB disk partition. Nice doing business with you. 
Thanks for your help

[Sabsonic]

Just now, cromania2009 said:

Woohoo! 

I am now a proud owner of a 3 TB disk partition. Nice doing business with you. 
Thanks for your help

No problem, have fun!