When you are prompted to specify volume size, enter a volume size for the new partition.įor example, if you want to create only one partition that fully utilize all the unallocated space, simply enter the “ maximum” disk space as the volume size. To create partition on the unallocated space, right-click on the SSD and select “ New Simple Volume“. Create partition on unallocated spaceĪfter initializing the SSD, the disk should show up as “ Online” with unallocated space in Disk Management. Select your preferred partition style and proceed to initialize the disk. You will then be given two choices for the partition styles to be used on the SSD – MBR or GPT (You may want to do some research on this prior to making your choice). To initialize a new SSD, right-click on the SSD that shows “Not initialized”, and then click on Initialize Disk. The disk’s name will be shown in the properties window. You can identify them by right-clicking them and select Properties. From there, you can see whether the SSD shows “not initialized”, “unallocated” or that there are already partitions on it.Īll the disk drives, regardless if it’s a HDD or SSD, will show up as Disk # in Disk Management. To check what states your SSD is in right now, on the Windows 10 search bar, search for a open “ Disk Management“. You can still create new partition from the available empty disk space on the SSD without formatting (follow the second part of this guide about how to “ partition existing SSD without formatting” below). It means that the SSD can be used right away (or that the SSD is already in use). Already partitioned – If a SSD is already partitioned, the partitioned volume(s) will show up in “This PC”.This is the state where you can create new volume / partition on the SSD from the unallocated space. Unallocated – The SSD is initialized but the disk space is unallocated yet.It is usually the case for a brand new SSD. Not Initialized – You need to initialize the SSD first to make it detectable and usable in Windows.
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