Here's an update - my previous suggestion to change the registry seems to have resulted in compromising Windows in it's ability to function correctly when attempting Windows Updates. Eventually, I...

What worked for me was changing the registry to identify new user profiles should be created in a different location than the SSD drive. Then I created new user profiles, copied my old data into the...

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I found instructions for partition recovery in a video posted at:
Recover lost partition on Windows with MiniTool Partition Wizard - YouTube

The recovery process worked using MiniTool Partition...

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I deleted the partition yesterday via Disk Management, so it's gone. I'd appreciate it if specific steps I should take were written here for me to follow to recreate and format it (even if they are...

I appreciate Berton's naming the challenge clearly. I feel a bit foolish as I read his query about my drives. I'm used to a single conventional drive on an old laptop partitioned only as C:, and...

I have a new system with 2TB harddrive that arrived partitioned with C: drive 223.2 GB; D: drive approx. 1.8 TB. I attempted to delete the D: drive partition, and wanted to move the unallocated...