The Disk Management tool is a fantastic built-in feature in Windows to extend, create, and format partitions, as well as shrink volumes.

The installation process will automatically create additional portions, i.e., System Reserved. Done that, you can now select the partition and choose to format.

Using DiskPart to clean and format a disk partition doesn't have to be hard. Just follow these simple steps.

How to Create Vista Disk Partitions. Partitioning your hard drive divides your disk into multiple independent sections. The partitions function as separate drives, so that if one gets corrupted ...

To force-format a partition, use the Disk Management tool in Windows. Right-click the partition, select “Format,” choose the file system (NTFS, FAT32, etc.), and click “OK” to confirm.

Over on Windows systems, the built-in tool you need is Disk Management—just search for it from the search box on the taskbar (it may well appear as Create and format hard disk partitions, which ...

Last week, I discussed how to use this command on the various disk partitions on a hard drive, including the formatting of a disk partition.

Click the Windows "Start" button and type "partition" into the Search field. Click "Create and format hard disk partitions." Wait for the Disk Management utility to detect your hard drive and ...

It seems more and more likely I may end up with an advanced format drive the next time I add space to my WHS. It sounds like I should be able to create the partitions on a Windows 7 machine first ...

For each additional partition you wish to create, you must specify the format you want it to adopt. For example, type ...