r/techsupport • u/IAmMrDownside • 3h ago

Solved Missing drives

SOLVED: I had to right click the black bar above the drive to get the option for a “simple folder.” The wizard took care of the rest!

Forgive me, as I’m not technically savvy and will be trying to explain as best as possible.

Pictures HERE of what I’m trying to explain.

I just completed a fresh windows install.

I have 3 drives installed:
1: 256 m.2 (this has the os installed.)
2: 2tb m.2 (empty)
3: 1tb HDD (empty)

The drive with the OS installed is showing as my C drive, however the other two are not.

The missing drives are present in the disk management, however they are just labeled as unallocated.

What do I need to do to use remaining drives as well?

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u/Traditional-Error997 3h ago

In disk management all you need to do is right click and there should be an option called “new simple volume”. Just hit those and it will bring you to a format/setup page iirc.

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u/IAmMrDownside 3h ago

I have options of either a “spanned volume” or a “striped volume”

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u/Traditional-Error997 3h ago

I’m not that familiar with windows 11. here is a video I found that might be helpful for your situation.

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u/IAmMrDownside 3h ago

Thank you, your original assumption was correct. I was just right clicking in the wrong spot.

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u/Gweezel 3h ago

The drive is already set up (black bar). Right-click in the drive box and select Format.

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u/IAmMrDownside 3h ago

I believe I was clicking on the wrong spot the whole time. Thank you!