Summary
Steps to take when an error message is presented in the application, blocking enabling Intel® Optane™ memory due to the disk containing data
Description
When trying to enable acceleration in the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management application, the following error message is encountered.
Resolution
The Intel® Optane™ memory module can't contain any user data, not even GPT partition data.
Remaining data must be removed before enabling system acceleration, see below how to do this.
- Press Windows* key+r keys to open Run Dialog.
- Type diskpart and press OK.
- Press Yes on the User Account Control prompt.
- Type list disk.. Notice the * beside the module in the GPT column.
- Select the disk to be uninitialized (the module) by typing select disk <number>.
- Type clean.
- Type list disk. Notice the * is no longer there.
Proceed to enable system acceleration in the application.