HOW TO FIX UNALLOCATED PARTITIONS

INTRODUCTION

To fix an unallocated partition, please review the following procedures and be sure to follow these steps exactly as they are listed below. This procedure is by no means a fix and is considered a work-around.

1. To begin, click Start | Run | and type diskmgmt.msc and select OK.
   
   
   
2. This command should launch the Windows Disk Management Utility and should look like the screenshot below. If your disk is “Basic” then proceed to Step 4. If your disk is “Unknown” then continue to Step 3
   The blue volume above represents a known working partition and the black volume represents the non-working partition that the following steps will fix.
3. Right Click the red circle and select Initialize Disk and click Next to continue.
   
   
   
4. Next, Right Click the black unallocated portion of your volume and select New Partition and click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Select Primary partition and click next
   
   
   
6. Leave Partition size in MB at the maximum or default value.
   
7. Select the default “Assign the following drive letter” and click next
   
   
   
8. VERY IMPORTANT – DO NOT FORMAT THIS PARTITION should be selected.
   Formatting the partition from Disk Manager will result in loss of user data.
   
   
   
9. STOP! Do not click the Finish button until you read this screen’s selected setting’s output and have confirmed that your File System reports None .
   If your File System reports None, then click Finish.
   
   
10. Once you have selected Finish, your partition should change from black to blue in the Disk Management Utility.
    Example: Seagate1 and Seagate2 are both SC101 volumes and do not list a file system type under the column titled “File System”.
    
    
11. You may now reboot your PC to complete the Unallocated Partition Fix for your SC101 Device.