Installation of Windows with an unexplained partition remains a puzzling issue.

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EvanDuzGaming
Member

07-12-2016, 09:15 PM

Hello, this unusual Drive 0 in Unallocated Space is preventing you from formatting or deleting it. It appears to be consuming around 500MB of space. You're planning to reinstall Windows 10 with a custom setup to clean everything up. Since this was your first time installing Windows 10, the partition didn’t exist before. Additionally, your SSD is being reported as reading 476.4GB even though it’s actually a 512GB drive.

EvanDuzGaming

07-12-2016, 09:15 PM #1

DrewbyEgg
Member

07-15-2016, 05:44 PM

It's the boot partition. Try starting in UEFI where it creates three partitions. The drive size is 476.4GB, which equals 512GB. Microsoft uses gib, and your HDD is measured in gigabytes.

DrewbyEgg

07-15-2016, 05:44 PM #2

It's the boot partition. Try starting in UEFI where it creates three partitions. The drive size is 476.4GB, which equals 512GB. Microsoft uses gib, and your HDD is measured in gigabytes.

TheClapiClaps
Junior Member

07-15-2016, 05:57 PM

It's beneficial to perform a fresh installation immediately so you can boot from UEFI.

TheClapiClaps

07-15-2016, 05:57 PM #3

It's beneficial to perform a fresh installation immediately so you can boot from UEFI.

Khromatic
Member

200

07-22-2016, 04:56 AM

Absolutely, I agree if you haven't made any changes during installation.

Khromatic

07-22-2016, 04:56 AM #4

Absolutely, I agree if you haven't made any changes during installation.

Floppie20
Member

07-29-2016, 11:25 PM

I concur. UEFI offers a superior choice. Extra partitions are typical during boot and recovery with UEFI. When using Legacy via BIOS, just one extra partition is needed for booting. This is both necessary and standard.

Floppie20

07-29-2016, 11:25 PM #5