How do Windows 7 systems create, delete, or format hard disk partitions?

  
How do Windows 7 systems create, delete, or format hard disk partitions? First, create and format a new partition (volume) To create a partition or volume on the hard disk (the two terms are usually used interchangeably), you must be logged in as an administrator, and the hard disk must be

Windows 7 system how Create, delete or format a hard disk partition? First, create and format a new partition (volume) To create a partition or volume on the hard disk (the two terms are usually used interchangeably), you must log in as an administrator, and there must be unallocated disk space on the hard disk or There must be free space in the extended partition on the hard disk.

If you don't have unallocated disk space, you can create some space by shrinking existing partitions, deleting partitions, or using a third-party partitioner. 1. Right-click on Computer Point Management (if you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation). 2. In the left pane, under "Storage", click “Disk Management”. 3. Right-click the unallocated area on your hard disk and click “New Simple Volume”.

4, in the "New Simple Volume Wizard", click “Next”.

5, Type the size (MB) of the volume you want to create or accept the maximum default size, then click “Next”.

6, accept the default drive letter or select a different drive letter to identify the partition, then click “Next”.
7, in the "Format Partition" dialog box, do one of the following: If you do not want to format the volume immediately, click “ Do not format this volume & rdquo;, then click “ Next step & rdquo;. To format the volume with the default settings, click “Next”. 8. Review your selections and click “Complete”. Second, format the existing partition (volume). Note: Formatting a volume will destroy all data on the partition. Be sure to back up all the data you want to save before you start operation 1, right click on Computer Point Management (if you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation). 2. In the left pane, under "Storage", click “Disk Management”. 3. Right-click on the volume you want to format and click “Format”. 4. To format the volume using the default settings, in the <formatting” dialog box, click “OK", then click “OK”. Note: 1) The disk or partition currently in use (including partitions containing Windows) cannot be formatted. 2) The “Execute Quick Format” option will create a new file table but will not completely overwrite or erase the volume. "Quick Formatting" is much faster than normal formatting, which completely erases all existing data on the volume. Third, delete the hard disk partition. You must be logged in as an administrator to perform these steps. When you delete a hard disk partition or volume (the term "partition" and "volume" is normally used interchangeably, a blank space is created that can be used to create a new partition. If the hard disk is currently set to a single partition, it cannot be deleted. You cannot also delete a system partition, boot partition, or any partition that contains virtual memory paging files because Windows requires this information to start correctly. Solution: 1. Right click on Computer Point Management (if you are prompted for an administrator password or confirm, type the password or provide confirmation) 2. In the left pane, under "Storage", click “ Disk Management”. 3. Right-click the volume you want to delete (such as a partition or logical drive) and click “Delete Volume”. 4. Click “Yes  delete the volume.

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