I bought a caddy or enclosure for my older but good internal drive to make an external drive for storage.
It seems to be OK after I formatted it. However there is a system reserved under it in explorer.
Do I do anything with this system reserved? Will it affect my Macrium images if left plugged in.
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Assuming there is nothing on it delete all partitions create a new one full size it's always a good idea to start with know good clean drive
Go to diskpart
- select disk 1
- clean
- create partition primary
- format fs=ntfs quick label=Backup
Alternatively, in Disk Management (as in your picture above) right click and delete both partitions on disk 1 then right click (on the un-allocated space) and make a new volume covering the lot.
I agree with comment above - it is better to start with a clean disk.
I used the cmd prompt to do as you say. How do I now make a new one?
You can assign it a letter by using diskpart (sorry I forgot to mention that bit).
Assuming it is the same layout as discussed above :
- select disk 1
- select partition 1
- assign letter = R (or whatever letter if you don't want R)
Or in Disk Management right click and assign the partition a letter.
I am sorry but I am a bit lost after following the cmd prompt I rt click but don't know what to do.
In Disk Management you should now have one partition on disk 1. You right click when your cursor is on that. On the partition not the disk.
Post a picture of your current Disk Management and I'll put an arrow on it if it isn't clear.
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