Disc Partitions

[RonH]

https://eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=41490

Starting a new Thread but perhaps also refer to above.
I am still finding all my 3 ext HD are showing up a Disc 1 partition on my internal C drive ... when plugged in they do not show up as another drive in This PC/Windows SSD. How to solve
I am absolutely no expert and struggling somewhat to grasp solutions ... what let me to check this morning was that I left a Disc Backup working last night which eventually failed ... I think this was due to it trying to also backup the ext HD 'sector' being used for backup!
The image below shows where I renamed Ext HD ... but it still shows as a sector on C drive

Disc Management.jpg

Arn't ext HD's Fat32 and not NTFS? Maybe this is just because it appears as a partition ... checking ext HD's on my old pc, they correctly show as their own drive under This PC

This next image shows a higher capacity un-named usb ext HD. Again it appears as an internal drive partition.

Primary Partition optimised.jpg

I'm sure that there is a simple solution to solve all these errors and need forum expertise please. Hopefully I have provided sufficient information for assistance.

Also I am planning to purchase another ext usb connected but SSD rather than HD ... if I don't solve the above will the new ext SSD also become a partition of the internal disc?

[StuartR]

These images show that your disk 0 has just three partitions. EFI, C:, and a recovery partition

[RonH]

Thanks Stuart.
It's Disc 1 that is the issue in both images, being my external drive appearing as partition of internal C drive? Not being familiar with 'such', obviously I am having difficulty explaining but please ask questions if necessary and I will attempt to answer.
Or am I very wrong and Disc 1 is nothing to do with the internal Disc C ... and the Backup was 'simply a failure'

[StuartR]

Disk 1 is nothing to do with drive C

[RonH]

OK Stuart, message understood.
To avoid others wasting time can I suggest that you delete my Post.

[StuartR]

No need to delete the post Ron, the screen shots are interesting and someone else may learn from the discussion

[JoeP]

Disc 0 & Disc 1 are NOT partitions. They are individual drives. The top part of disk management is shown sorted ascending by the volume column by default. The bottom part is show in graphical view by default. The graphical view shows you the partitions in each disk. You can change the views of each section using the View menu. I don't think that View changes are retained from one execution of Disk Management to the next.

[RonH]

Thanks Joe. My brain is now engaged