Old drive not visable

Do i not need to initialize the drive first?

Repair Format Volume Greyed Out Using CMD​

A way to fix the "Format" option not working in Windows 11/10/8/7 is by CMD. You can make it with the command below.

Step 1. Type cmd in the search box. Right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".

Step 2. On the Command Prompt black window, type diskpart and press "Enter". Then, type the following command lines in order.

• Type list disk and press "Enter". All the disk drives will be listed, including your external drives.
• Type select disk + disk number, select disk 0 and press enter.
• Type create partition primary and press "Enter".
• Type format fs=ntfs and press "Enter".
• Typing assign to assign a drive letter to the newly created partition.

I have made some changes that reflect your situation.
The screenshot is an example, follow the command listed above.
Disk 0

sorted , I think

Congratulations, you did it all by your lonesome!!
Keep in mind, you can always make smaller partitions later. But that's enough for now.

The reason that the option to Format did not appear when you right clicked on the unallocated space above is because the disk was not initialized, and because there was no partition created on it yet that could be formatted.

so now the next question is, i want to clone / image the C drive onto the new 2TB drive, so what is the best way to do this, probably going to be using Macrium reflect.

Yes, wise choice and easy to use and free.
This is how it looks like, very intuitive

The C: drive, you said?
Do you want to then use that drive as the operating system drive?
It's a huge drive and an overkill without partitioning.

OAT said:

The C: drive, you said?
Do you want to then use that drive as the operating system drive?
It's a huge drive and an overkill without partitioning.

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No, he just wants to use Macrium to create disk images onto the 2 TB drive. That's exactly what I use one of mine for.

OAT said:

The C: drive, you said?
Do you want to then use that drive as the operating system drive?
It's a huge drive and an overkill without partitioning.

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Yes i want to use the new drive as the operating system drive

OK, but I am done for today, I am sure the wonderful thread followers will gladly help you.
It's time to get out and enjoy some sun, so good bye.

Well, I stand corrected. Agree with OAT, way overkill. My 1TB is way overkill.



EDIT: I did relocate my data folders to my second 2TB drive, also backed up to external.

OAT said:

OK, but I am done for today, I am sure the wonderful thread followers will gladly help you.

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Thank you for your help, have a good day

Scott said:

No, he just wants to use Macrium to create disk images onto the 2 TB drive. That's exactly what I use one of mine for.

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Scott can you offer any further help as to the best way to clone or image the C drive onto the new 2TB drive, and do I need to particion before or after doing the clone or image process?