Microsoft surface pro 2 "the drive where windows is installed is locked "

Dex_based · Dec 30, 2015

Hello

I just got a Microsoft surface pro on ebay in the ad it said that it didn't have an OS since thats not a big deal I wasn't worried but when trying to install Windows it says that the drive is locked I have tried to find answers around the net but all the solutions that seem to be working for others aren't for me

Can anyone help?

TechyInAZ · Feb 12, 2016

Is the drive completely formatted? Or is there by any chance a recovery partition still on the drive?

radam84 · Dec 24, 2018

TechyInAZ :

i know this is 3 years old lol but i figured it might be worth a shot
i have the exact same problem as the original poster and as far as i know i did end up deleteing the recovery drive (thru diskpart i used command "clean") do i still have options available to me in order to repair it? thank you in advance for any reply you may provide me, cheers.

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