Hard Drive partition\format Question

Venport · Dec 7, 2006

When i got my new hard drive for my Lap top i formated only about 1\2 of my hard drive. Is there i away to Format the other half of the drive as a partition with out loosening everything that is on the first half?

Thanks a million to anyone that can offer some help

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kjanz · Dec 7, 2006

go to my computer,
right click the drive icon you wanna format.
choose format

Venport · Dec 7, 2006

Thanks a million for your time and sugestion but that will not do it... here is the situation.... I got a new hard drive for my laptop when i went to format it for the first time i only did about half (i really don't know why i just did) Now i have access to 1\2 of my hard drives compacity I was hoping to get the ability to use the end half with out having to re format the entire thing...

When I clicked on my computer there is only one drive shown and it only show 1\2 the hard dive space...

sach2 · Dec 7, 2006

You would want to follow Microsoft's instructions below. Basically Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Storage->Disk Management. Maximize the screen. In the diagram/graph you should see some space marked Unallocated. Right click on the unallocated space and choose new partition. Follow directions in wizard. [Primary partitions can be booted, use this if you might want to install a second OS otherwise extended partition is okay.]

To create a partition or logical drive
Using the Windows interface

Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Disk Management.

Right-click an unallocated region of a basic disk, and then click New Partition, or right-click free space in an extended partition, and then click New Logical Drive.
In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, click Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive, and then follow the instructions on your screen.

Notes:

To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
You can create primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives only on basic disks. You should create basic volumes instead of dynamic volumes if this computer also runs MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows XP Home Edition.
On a master boot record (MBR) disk, you can create up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition.
Click to expand...

minimus · Dec 8, 2006

I have partitions on my HDD as well. I dnt know how I created it but I want to crash it to one single main partition. I am thinking of changing computer or simply buy new hardware and redo the old one itself. For that I want to crash those partitions

Plaphon · Dec 8, 2006

i didn't get what you have done exactly. As i understood, you formated just a half of your HD, and the rest of the drive is still unallocated. If so, go to the disk management utility and there you will be able to see this unallocated space. right click on it and choose an option create a partition. Also you can use 3d party partitioning software(i think it's one of the easiest way to partition the HD) like disk director.

Venport · Dec 8, 2006

Thank you so much everyone this seems to be working... the other 1\2 of my HD is formatting as we speak...

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