Windows 10 Disk problems after windows reset

[RogerChung-Wee]

I have a Windows 10 Pro PC. Until recently File Explorer showed the following.

Local Disk (C - SSD with Windows
Local Disk (D - WDC drive with 2794.39 GB capacity for storing data
Local Disk (E - WDC drive with 2794.39 GB capacity for storing data
Local Disk (F - WDC drive with 2794.39 GB capacity for storing data
BD-RE Drive (G - DVD writer

I then had numerous problems such as multiple lines on the screen and failure to boot. So, I did a reset (after mistakenly choosing the E drive first), the PC boots up fine but now File Explorer shows this.

Local Disk (C - SSD with Windows
Local Disk (D - WDC drive with 2794.39 GB capacity, used to be F drive
BD-RE Drive (E - DVD writer
System Reserved (F - System Reserved 95 MB capacity (contains Boot and Recovery folders)
Local Disk (H - WDC drive with 2794.39 GB capacity, used to be D drive
System (I - Drive with 100 MB capacity (contains Boot folder)
Windows (J - Drive with 2047.39 GB capacity (contains folders such as Program Files and files such as pagefile.sys)
Windows RE tools (K - Drive with 522 MB capacity (contains Recovery folder)

Windows Disk Management gives the following information.

Disk 0 - Basic, 111.79 GB, Online
System Reserved (F 100 MB NTFS
Healthy (Primary partition)

(C 110.74 GB NTFS
Healthy (Boot, Page file, Crash dump, Primary partition)

522 MB
Healthy (Active, Recovery partition)

455 MB
Unallocated

Disk 1 - Basic, 2794.39 GB, Online
(H
2794.39 GB NTFS
Healthy (Primary data partition)


Disk 2 - Basic, 2794.52 GB, Online
System (I
100 MB NTFS
Healthy (Active, Primary data partition)

Windows (J
2047.39 GB NTFS
Healthy (Primary partition)

Windows RE tools (K
522 MB NTFS
Healthy (Primary partition)

764.52 GB Unallocated


Disk 3 - Basic, 2794.39 GB, Online
(D
2794.39 GB NTFS
Healthy (Primary data partition)


CD-ROM 0
DVD (E

So, here's what I make of it all.

1. On Disk 0 there is now a System Reserved (F drive, don't know why but I can live with it. It would be nice to get back the 455 MB Unallocated.

2. On Disk 1 the H: drive is fine.

3. On Disk 2 is where I have problems. I don't think I need any of the three drives (I:, J: and K as I think that these were created when I mistakenly chose this drive as the target for Windows reset, and I'd like to get back the 764.52 GB Unallocated. If possible I want to try and recover any data. Furthermore this Disk is no longer GPT and I think I need to reset it to GPT.

4. On Disk 3 the D: drive is fine.

I'd appreciate comments on the above.

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