I reinstalled Windows and FuzeDrive. Why does it say I already have a FuzeDrive before I create one?

I reinstalled Windows and FuzeDrive. Why does it say I already have a FuzeDrive before I create one?

You most likely installed Windows on top of the raw disk drives without first cleaning them completely of all metadata. FuzeDrives use hidden parts of the disk that a normal Windows partition erase cycle during setup does not wipe clean properly. This can result in a boot drive with old FuzeDrive metadata on it.

See:
Cleaning Disks Previously Used as a FuzeDrive during Windows Setup

If you have already installed Windows on top of an old FuzeDrive set of disks and the FuzeDrive utility is not allowing you to re-transform an existing boot drive, exit the FuzeDrive utility and issue the following command from an Administrator command line prompt:

> ecmd --delete_all

Restart the FuzeDrive utility, and you should now be able to properly convert the boot or data drive.


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