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1 TB SSD SHOWS TWO 1 TB DISKS

Started by StressInducer , Nov 10 2024 09:15 PM

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#1 StressInducer

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 09:15 PM

20241110_210248.jpg 148.45KB 0 downloads How can this be fixed? I erased linux & installed windows which was showing 1 disk unallocated. When it restarted it would not boot. So, I booted hirens to investigate the disk & it showed 2 disks. I tried to erase both disks with a partition wizard then I tried diskpart in command prompt nothing worked. I can't get it back to 1 disk.

Edited by StressInducer, 10 November 2024 - 09:33 PM.

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 10:06 PM

When using diskpart how many disks are listed when you type the following commands at the command prompt.

diskpart

list disk

If the above commands shows more than one disk post a screenshot.

If the above commands show one disk then continue with the following commands

select disk X Where X is the number of the disk shown in the list disk command.

clean This wipes the partition table

exit

Do you still get two disks when installing Windows?

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 10:17 PM

Well, I screwed up. The other disk was my data hdd. Got 3 exact copies so no big deal. but I get an error when booting that says - Operating system loader signature found secureboot exclusion database (dbx)

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 10:26 PM

Operating system loader signature found secureboot exclusion database (dbx)

This is what I get after the reboot of windows installation.

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 10:33 PM

And the make model of the Branded system and or motherboard is and what version of Windows is it 10 what build ??? Incomplete information.

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Posted 10 November 2024 - 10:38 PM

Dell Optiplex 9020 Windows 8.1. I have another ssd with Win 10 disconnected and was trying to install 8.1 on another ssd on the same machine.

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Posted 11 November 2024 - 08:41 AM

Disconnect the data drive. Do the diskpart commands in post #2 including the clean command. Then do a clean install of Windows on the drive. You can do the diskpart commands during the clean install.

When you get to the screen asking for language press Shift + F10 to open a command prompt. When you get to the screen asking for upgrade or custom select Custom. You will see your unallocated drive. Click Next and Windows will partition and format the drive.

That error you get seems to suggest you still have the grub boot loader from linux on the drive.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/723279/operating-system-loader-signature-found-in-secureboot-exclusion-database-dbx