I was trying to convert my disk to GPT and ended up messing up my partitions. I used to see only my C, D, and E drives in File Explorer, but now I also have B and W drives showing up. I want to remove the extra partitions and revert back to just C, D, and E. However, I can't delete the D drive because it seems to be marked as a System drive. Can anyone help me figure this out? I'm not very experienced with disk management or partitions. Also, my W drive used to be my main D drive before this mess happened.
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It sounds like you had four partitions before this mishap because one of your drives is a system partition. To tidy things up, you can right-click on the B drive and use the 'Change Drive Letter and Paths' option to remove its letter. This will simplify things a bit. Just a heads up though, having an EFI partition on a different drive isn't ideal. When you're ready to reinstall Windows, the best practice would be to disconnect all drives except the one you want to install Windows on. Wipe that drive clean, which will also give you the option to install it as GPT if you're going for Windows 11. After installing, you can reconnect the other drives and move your files back to the right places.
I totally get how frustrating this can be! If you fully wipe and reinstall Windows 11, it should configure your partitions properly for you. Just remember to disconnect those other drives as suggested, and you'll be good to go!