New SSD auto-partitioning and can't be changed
My old HDD needs to be replaced, so I decided to get an SSD to replace it with the intent of switching Windows to boot using it eventually. Step one though would be to set up the drive. It's a T-Force Vulcan Z 2.5" SATA III SSD plugged into a B450 Tomahawk MAX motherboard in the SATA2 slot. My current HHD is in the SATA1 slot, and I have another M.2 Drive in the M.2 slot
The drive is appearing in Disk Management, but when following tutorials to initialize the drive I saw that it was already initialized with 3 partitions: 1MB Primary Partition; 513MB EFI System Partition; 953GB Primary Partition
The only option I have is Delete Volume for partitions 1 and 3 (none for 2). There's no drive letter assigned so I can't access it anywhere else. Selecting Delete Volume causes the system to process for a good 15 seconds, then nothing happens and the volumes are unchanged
I can clear the disk using Diskpart, but re-initializing it through Diskpart or Disk Management both auto-create the 3 partitions in their current state with no way to create new volumes or change the current ones. Diskpart can find the disk with "list disk", but with "list volume" only the 513MB partition is detected
Googling for solutions has yielded nothing for this particular issue. Not sure if the issue is with the drive, my installation, my PC, or maybe some setting somewhere I don't know about. Hoping someone here knows more about SSD setup!