Initializing and partitioning a drive:
1. On your keyboard press the Windows key (
) + R
2. Type compmgmt.msc and press enter.
3. The Computer Management window will open.
4. Choose Disk Management under the Storage category. Note: Windows will normally see the uninitialized drive when you open Disk Management and start the wizard to initialize the disk for you. In case the “Initialize Disk” wizard doesn’t start you may follow the instructions to manually initialize your disk:
5. Right-click on the Disk that needs to be initialized.
6. From the menu select Initialize Disk.
7. Select the appropriate partition style, MBR or GPT. Note: The MBR Partitions can define a disk drive capacity up to 2.2TB. Windows operating systems that boot from an MBR are therefore limited to 2.2TB per MBR. The MBR Partitions can define a disk drive capacity up to 2.2TB. Windows operating systems that boot from an MBR are therefore limited to 2.2TB per MBR. GUID Partition Tables (GPT) can define drives larger than 2.2TB.
8. Once the disk is initialized, the partition will show Unallocated.
9. Right-click somewhere on the Unallocated partition.
10. From the menu select New Simple Volume.
11. The New Simple Volume Wizard will prompt.
12. Click Next.
13. Specify Partition size in MB and click Next.
Note: If you want to create multiple partitions, change the Simple volume size in MB to the size of the partition you'd like to create.
14. Assign a Drive Letter then click Next.
15. Specify the formatting options you want to use: • File System
• Volume label
16. Click Next.
17. Confirm that the options selected are correct, and then click Finish.
18. Once you have clicked on the Finish button, the New Partition Wizard will close. In a few seconds, the "Unallocated" partition will say "Formatting". When the drive has completed formatting it will display as a healthy drive with the size and type of partition below the volume name and drive letter.
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