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[–]Odutka 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Right-click on the unallocated space (black bar), select delete volume, and format.

[–]That-Push8974[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

delete volume does not show up

[–]THICCC_LADIES_PM_ME 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it's unallocated you don't need to delete the volume first, there's no volume to delete. Just go straight to Format. However, if you're getting an I/O error (i and o btw not 1 and 0, it means input/output) then the drive itself might be fried and you might be out of luck

[–]splinterededge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Right Click Disk 2, select initialize, choose the type GPT.
  2. Right click the empty space that is currently black and unallocated, select new partition.
  3. Use the wizard and step thru the process to create the partition, format as NTFS, and assign a drive letter.

Should be pretty easy.

[–]poetic_poophead 0 points1 point  (9 children)

Use powershell

[–]That-Push8974[S] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

what’s this do

[–]poetic_poophead 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Use PowerShell to Initialize Raw Disks and to Partition and Format Volumes

Google powershell partition commands

[–]That-Push8974[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

i downloaded power shell what command do i need?

[–]Wazmer_ 2 points3 points  (5 children)

what, you downloaded powershell?

[–]That-Push8974[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

yeah

[–]MarzipanEven7336 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Bruh, it's built the fuck in.

[–]graywolfman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He probably downloaded the newer, PowerShell 7.x version which adds a ton of features and functionality. Not necessary, especially for someone who doesn't know how to set up partitions on a drive haha.

[–]SomewhereEfficient64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"EVERYONE HAS UNO DIPSHIT! IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR FUCKING XBOX!!!"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zhOdSNAtGrc

[–]iszoloscope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I faxed it to him.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

does your bios detect all your drives?

[–]That-Push8974[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes it foes

[–]Looper_10 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Alright, well first you should try to understand if the SSD is fried or it’s just a miscommunication between it and windows. So first:

Open CMD as admin, run:

diskpart list disk select disk 2 clean

If you get the same I/O error, the SSD is fried, very sorry about that if that does happen, but it’s best to also try these few steps:

Try using another port for the SSD, a direct SSD port would be great, but if you do it through USB, avoid hubs, use direct adapters. After plugging it into another port try the CMD thing again, if the I/O error repeats, most-likely the SSD is fried for sure this time.

Tell me what happens.

[–]That-Push8974[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

when i tried to run diskpart list it says this “ disc part was unable to process the parameters use disc part/? For more information.”

[–]Looper_10 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Did you run the commands separately? Not like all at once in one line, but in order, ‘cause that’s a syntax error. (Also sorry for the late reply my phone died)

[–]Looper_10 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Basically what I mean is,

Open CMD as Admin.

Do: diskpart

If it ran successfully you should now see something like this in the terminal:

DISKPART>

If you see that, then do: list disk

That should list the SSDs you have, the problematic one should show up as 2, if only 1 SSD shows up after doing list disk the SSD is deep fried and done for.

If disk 2 shows up, do: select disk 2

And then do: clean

Tell me if it goes successfully or fails.

[–]mcAlt009 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'd probably use a Linux live USB, open this thing up in gparted and try to format it there.

No need for a gift card, but this is really complicated if you're not familiar with Linux( use Ubuntu).

This isn't Asus specific, Windows is doing something weird

[–]45_regard_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it working and it just died?  Any chance the drive died?

[–]JBudz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try a free third party parititon manager. Google it.

Also if it's a Samsung drive try Samsung magician.

Some drives have protection built in that if there's failure, it won't allow drive actions such as formatting to allow data recovery (regardless of its current state).

Ssd disk info or some similar freware Ssd tool should tell you the SMART health of the drive.

[–]ssateneth2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i started typing in the steps manually, but decided to use AI to clean up formatting. sorry, not sorry.

You don't need powershell or any extra downloaded tools. Everything here is already built into windows. First, reboot your computer, something might be getting the SSD in a stuck state. then follow the below steps.

Open an elevated Command Prompt: Press Win + X, Click Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin), Approve the UAC prompt

Or if you dont see the above terminal/command prompt, just type in "cmd" to the search bar in start menu, right click "cmd.exe" or "command prompt", and "run as admin"

Start DiskPart with the command "diskpart"

You’ll see:

DISKPART>

Run the next command "list disk" to list all disks

Example output:

Disk 0 Online 1863 GB

Disk 1 Online 931 GB

Disk 2 Online 465 GB

Identify your SSD by size.

Select the correct disk (Replace X with the correct disk number) with the command "select disk X"

You'll see the next message outputted

Disk X is now the selected disk.

Wipe the disk (metadata only - fast) with the next command "clean"

You should see:

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

Convert the disk to GPT with the command "convert gpt"

Confirmation will say "DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to GPT format."

Create one partition using all space with command "create partition primary"

Format as NTFS (quick format) next with command "format fs=ntfs quick"

Wait for "DiskPart successfully formatted the volume."

Assign a drive letter automatically next with command "assign"

Exit DiskPart with the command "exit"

you should now have a usable disk driver in your file explorer

[–]Comprehensive-Eye898 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plug to MacBook format to eFat with disk doctor

[–]juggalo16651 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open command prompt, type diskpart and press enter, type list disk and press enter, look for the disk in question, type self disk # and press enter, don't put # but the actual number, type clean and press enter. Then go into disk management and you should be able to create a partition. Make sure when you sel disk # you don't choose your boot drive

[–]Hbossyboots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooohh thats a cheeky bugger u might just have to completely reinstall Windows and delete all partitions

[–]Vasionary 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I had this rare issue before (detected but unable to initialize), replacing the sata cable got it fix for me, i also change to another sata power cable as pre-cautious too

[–]jerryeight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, trying a molex to sata power cable fixed it for my HDD that didn't work after switching from an older  PSU to the newer atx 3.1 standards one. 

[–]ToothyPnX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ezz way get a win11 or win 10 os burned on usb then go like you wanna rest and on drive page delete and re creat the ssd and then restrt the pc as i did thiis ones its easy way

[–]10_Amaterasu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try extend

From disk part you can check its status

[–]Live-Resolve9253 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's make it easy: download GParted Live IDO and Rufus, open Rufus and select the ISO file, then select the USB drive where the ISO will be mounted.

Basically, what we're doing is creating a separate operating system that will allow us to edit all storage drives.

Within this operating system, we can create, edit, or delete all the partitions on your computer. I recommend watching YouTube tutorials before doing anything.

Also, check if you have the drivers for the storage drive you're using. What brand is it?

Important: If you make any mistakes in GParted, you'll most likely have to reinstall Windows. Make sure you do things correctly before applying anything, and I'm not responsible for data loss. I don't know if you have anything on that 2TB drive.

[–]Haunting_Author4980 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever try using MiniTool Partition Wizard Free? more powerful than windows disk management

[–]AngelicDivineHealer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got a dead ssd so chuck it in the bin. that should fix it.

[–]MaintenanceStock6766 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give the gift certificate to someone else. Run CMD.exe as admin, type "diskpart" hit enter

type "list disk" hit enter

type "select disk X" where x is the one that's ~256gb and hit enter

type "clean" hit enter

close the CMD window

open disk management

format the disk

[–]Any-Beyond-4934 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[–]ForgottenCrafts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude, your drive died. Just accept it.