Format (remove) HDD volume that is visible in Windows 7 Disk Management but not diskpart.exe
- by EntropyWins
I'm trying to get iRST working on a SSD I installed in my lenovo u410.
As part of that process, I created a hibernation partition and was fiddling around with RAID/AHCI settings. I managed to make my computer unbootable. No sweat, I just restored it with Lenovo's 1 key system.
Now, however, I can't do anything with that hybernation partition! I can see it:
(It's the 7.81 GB partition).
But when I try to delete it in Diskpart.exe to reclaim the space and try the formatting again I only see this:
I can't do anything with the partition in Disk Management either. Right clicking only shows the 'help' option.
Can anyone suggest a way to edit these partitions with windows or, at least, reccomend a program that might help me fix this?
Note, I'd rather not delete the 16 GB OEM partition that I believe holds the backup for this computer.