If you install a hard disk from an old PC into your current PC, you might find a few partitions cannot be deleted. Fortunately it is very easy and fast to use a simple command line to remove the unwanted partitions:
HOW TO REMOVE STUCK PARTITIONS:
Bring up a CMD or PowerShell window (as an administrator)
Type DISKPART and press enter
Type LIST DISK and press enter
Type SELECT DISK <n> and press enter
Type LIST PARTITION and press enter
Type SELECT PARTITION <n> and press enter
Type DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE and press enter
Repeat steps 6 and 7 as many times as you need to remove unwanted partitions
Sadly did not work for me, Diskpart says it completed but when I then go back and tell it to list partition? The partitions are still there. I have tried Diskpart, AOEMI partition manager, even tried Gparted in Linux but cannot wipe this SSD so if you have any ideas I'm game as I'm fresh out, I've tried Diskpart Clean, Clean all, Clean Partition, they all say succeeded but the partitions are still there, and SMART lists the drive as 100% Health so its not read only.
This solved my stuck partition problem. Thank you very much!
I real thankful to find this site, just what I was looking for to solve this problem : D also saved to fav.
Virtual disk error:
Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, page file, crash dump or hibernation volume
Muchas gracias, Ian.
Funcionó perfectamente.
Había visto en otro tutorial que decía lo mismo, pero le faltaba el override al final, y no me había funcionado.
Pero agregando el override funcionó de maravillas.
Nuevamente Muchas Gracias.
Carlos.
virtual disk service error, the operation is not supported by the object. The specified command or parameters are not supported by the system.
Its a primary partition.
Hello Ian I did all those cmd instructions on boot and it said no more partitions are available to be found so it clean. but after i shut down the computor and started the laptop back up it put me into automatic repair and that happaens every single time please help buddy please.
The clean command worked for me when the delete partition override command wouldn't. I just selected the disk with "select disk 1" that had the partitions and typed "clean". that wiped all info on the drive to zeros. All i had to do was go into disk management and initialize the disk.
it worked out great on a old hard drive that had 8 protected partitions.
Followed the every step, did it multiple times. Partition will be deleted but after refreshing (disk management) the partition will return. Even the files that was deleted will return. Really frustrated and confused about this.
I have the exact same problem. Diskpart announced everything is succesfully deleted but everything comes back after refresh. Would really like to know what's the cause for this.
I also have this exact same problem. It says the partition is deleted but it is still there and still has all of its files.
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 1863 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 465 GB 0 B *
* Disk 2 Online 59 GB 15 MB
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Sadly did not work for me, Diskpart says it completed but when I then go back and tell it to list partition? The partitions are still there. I have tried Diskpart, AOEMI partition manager, even tried Gparted in Linux but cannot wipe this SSD so if you have any ideas I'm game as I'm fresh out, I've tried Diskpart Clean, Clean all, Clean Partition, they all say succeeded but the partitions are still there, and SMART lists the drive as 100% Health so its not read only.
This solved my stuck partition problem. Thank you very much!
I real thankful to find this site, just what I was looking for to solve this problem : D also saved to fav.
Virtual disk error:
Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, page file, crash dump or hibernation volume
Muchas gracias, Ian.
Funcionó perfectamente.
Había visto en otro tutorial que decía lo mismo, pero le faltaba el override al final, y no me había funcionado.
Pero agregando el override funcionó de maravillas.
Nuevamente Muchas Gracias.
Carlos.
virtual disk service error, the operation is not supported by the object. The specified command or parameters are not supported by the system.
Its a primary partition.
Hello Ian I did all those cmd instructions on boot and it said no more partitions are available to be found so it clean. but after i shut down the computor and started the laptop back up it put me into automatic repair and that happaens every single time please help buddy please.
The clean command worked for me when the delete partition override command wouldn't. I just selected the disk with "select disk 1" that had the partitions and typed "clean". that wiped all info on the drive to zeros. All i had to do was go into disk management and initialize the disk.
it worked out great on a old hard drive that had 8 protected partitions.
Followed the every step, did it multiple times. Partition will be deleted but after refreshing (disk management) the partition will return. Even the files that was deleted will return. Really frustrated and confused about this.
I have the exact same problem. Diskpart announced everything is succesfully deleted but everything comes back after refresh. Would really like to know what's the cause for this.
I also have this exact same problem. It says the partition is deleted but it is still there and still has all of its files.
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 1863 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 465 GB 0 B *
* Disk 2 Online 59 GB 15 MB
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 59 GB 16 MB
DISKPART> select partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> delete partition override
DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 59 GB 16 MB
DISKPART>
Thank you so much Mr. Ian Mathews.
It did not work for me at first try. But it worked seamlessly after changing the disk to basic from dynamic.
Hi Art; That is odd. It sounds almost virus like (i.e. like Root Kit)