Fix Hard Disk Partition Not Showing in Windows 11

When you you buy a new laptop (or PC) without operating system, it is very possible that its hard disk may not be formatted. During the process of Installation Windows 11 You must create at least the partition on which the operating system will be installed. After the installation is completed, many users are facing a problem. Some hard drive partitions do not appear in This PC and are not available. Hard Disk partition not showing in Windows 11.

We take the scenario in which you have a 512 GB Hard Disk laptop (SSD). While installing Windows 11 you allocated 195 – 200 GB for system partition (Windows), and with the rest of the space available on hard drive you have created a partition of about 280 GB. The problem is that this dedicated partition for data does not appear after the completion of installation Windows 11. In this PC only the partition with the operating system appears.

Fix Hard Disk partition not showing in Windows 11 This PC Volumes

Microsoft has introduced in Windows 11 a very good system for the management of hard disks, volumes and partitions. A true partition manager of which I did not have part of the older versions of Windows.

Step 1.

Mergi in Windows 11 la: Settings → System → Disks & volumes.

In “Disks & volumes” It is the management system for hard disk (or hard drives) and volumes (or partitions). At the top, the installed hard disks appear, following the partitions at the bottom.

PCIe-4 SSD 512GB – The hard disk installed on the system.
System volume – Reserved by the operating system for EFI partition (extensible firmware interface)
Boot volume – party C: on which the Windows 11 operating system is installed and which was created during the installation process. Boot volume / Healthy.
Microsoft recovery partition – The partition created automatically at the installation of Windows 11 and reserved for the resuscitation of the operating system.
RAW – It is not a partition and no hard disk that you did not know. It is the gross space of the lack of partition and we do not see in this pc. Hard Disk Partition Not Showing in Windows 11. Volume Date.

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Step 2.

Click pe “Properties” to raw then click on “Change drive letter“. In the dialog box that opens a letter of the RAW volume. In my example I chose D: the “Change Drive Letter“.

Step 3.

Click “Format“.

At the end of the formatting process (which should not last long), the new parity will appear in this pc and you can use the available space.

This way you can make all the hard disk partitions appear in this pc. If you do not do it, leave comments.