Unable to delete partition

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MehdiBeji Posted messages 45 Status Member -  
MehdiBeji Posted messages 45 Status Member -
Hello everyone,
I have a problem with my computer: the disk that contains Windows cannot hold more than 22 GB of data, which is very restrictive since I constantly use it for my studies, especially for programming (Matlab, C++, Python, C, and more). So I decided to install Windows on the other disk (500 GB), but since it is a dynamic disk, that is not possible. To convert it to a basic disk, I have to delete all volumes, but I cannot delete the F:// partition which has the same properties as the other partitions, except its status which is: page file.
I have attached a photo of the disk management, can someone help me delete this partition?
I have used many disk management software without success.
Thank you in advance.


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Mehdi Beji

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  1. gugu01 Posted messages 15669 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 701
     
    Do you have another way to communicate with us?
    Have you managed to recover all your data on an external hard drive, for example?

    If so

    You can go ahead with your USB key to install.
    Your disk(s) (that's still a mystery...) will not be active, and we will be able to work on them.

    Press the shift and F10 keys
    which will open the command prompt
    .
    Then execute the following commands:
    Diskpart
    List disk

    (we'll see if there is one or two disks...)
    Sel disk x
    (replace x with the disk number from the previous command, then we will see if there's one or two, and do both)
    Clean
    (or detail disk, sel volume x, delete volume for each volume present, we need to see)
    Convert basic
    (to reset it/them to "basic")
    Convert gpt
    (to be more certain about the partition table)
    Exit
    Exit


    And you will install wherever you want.
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    1. gugu01 Posted messages 15669 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 701
       
      MehdiBeji, are you doing okay?
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    2. MehdiBeji Posted messages 45 Status Member > gugu01 Posted messages 15669 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
       
      Hello, thank you for all the details. No, it still tells me "Cleaning is not allowed on the disk containing the active volume." Both disks contain active volumes. If I understand correctly, I need to install Windows on a USB drive?
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