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Step 1:

Back up all data on the drive you want to format. Tap the "Search" icon on the Windows Start screen and type "format disk" in the Search field. Select "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions." The Disk Management utility opens.


Select "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions." (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 2:

Click the drive that you want to format. Note that in most cases "Disk 0" is the drive with the Windows operating system on it. If this is the disk you want to format, you should reinstall Windows instead.


Select the drive you want formatted. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)




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Step 3:

Click the "Action Menu," select "All Tasks," and then click "Delete Volume..." Double-check that you have the right drive selected. The selected drive is shaded with diagonalformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 531c247a-9340-42a7-a785-35c37c5490ba.pngc="/uploads/images/531c247a-9340-42a7-a785-35c37c5490ba.png" alt="531c247a-9340-42a7-a785-35c37c5490ba.png" class="h_mi" />Select "Delete Volume." (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 4:

Click "Yes" at the warning that all data on the partition will be deleted. After a few seconds, the volume is deleted. The driveformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - d35f80cd-51ea-4d05-8911-98dcebc0c93d.pngk Management window.


Disk Management warns that all data on the partition will be lost. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 1:

Select the drive you are formatting if it isn\'t already selected. Click the "Action" menu, then "All Tasks" and "New Simple Volume." The New Simple Volume Wizard opens. Note that if the disk is part of an array, advanced users wilformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 94a33b72-44e6-461e-9920-f69735d78d0a.pnga new spanned volume, striped volume, mirrored volume or RAID-5 volume.


Create a New Simple Volume (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)
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Click the "Next" button in the New Simple Volume Wizard so you can specify your preferences.


The New Simple Volume Wizard opens. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 3:

Specify how much space should beformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 40a2b160-a7c4-4669-9f7b-9acdec319786.pnglue in the text field. If you are creating only one volume or partition in the drive, this number should be the same as the maximum disk space displayed above. Click "Next."


Specify the volume size. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 4:

Selecformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - a7adfda9-4b8d-4ac9-8d3f-f9ffd7313665.pnghe computer to use for this drive. If you don\'t want a letter assigned, click the "Do Not Assign a Drive Letter or Drive Path" option. Advanced users may also prefer to mount the drive in an empty NTFS folder. Click "Next."


Specify a drive letter. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 5:

Select a file system for the volume. Your options are ExFAT or NTFS. Use ExFAT if you\'re going to share fileformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 9a87dfc0-3bf5-43bc-9c8b-f51801f8795b.pngs the better choice. Unlike its predecessors, ExFAT can support the same volume sizes as NTFS -- up to 256TB. However, it\'s not as robust as NTFS and doesn\'t support file system-level encryption and built-in compression. Mac computer\'s can\'t write files to an NTFS drive.


Select a file system. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 6:

Select the "Perform a Quick Format" option if the drive doesn\'t contain any private informationformatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 3e35ad5c-5391-4201-a130-a49a67a41fd4.png personal use. A Quick Format takes only a few seconds, but the data it leaves behind can be easily recovered by anyone with the right software. A full format takes much longer but it does erase every byte of data. Select the "Enable File and Folder Compression" option if desired. Type a name for the volume and click "Next."


Change the volume label if desired. (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 7:

Click "Finish" after reviewing the settings that were applied to the new volume. If you want to change anything, click the "Back" button and format formatting from RAW to exFAT does not work. comput - 9e6a30e3-47da-47f7-a20b-39473c45c3ec.pngr> Close the New Simple Volume Wizard by clicking "Finish." (Image courtesy of Microsoft.)



Step 8:

Select another drive or volume to format, or exit the Disk Management utility.










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Tips & Warnings

• If you\'re formatting a drive to give to someone else, or if you\'re disposing of a drive that has sensitive information on it, you should always deselect the Quick Format option so Windows can perform a full format. However, even a full format may not make the data completely unrecoverable. The only way to be 100 percent certain that data can\'t be recovered is to destroy the drive.

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References:

Microsoft Windows: Create and Format a Hard Disk Partition

• Microsoft Developer Network: File System Functionality Comparison



• Microsoft Support: Default Cluster Size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT



• Apple Support: Disk Utility 12.x: Format a Disk for Windows Computers

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