How does a Windows 7 system create, delete, or format a hard disk partition?

How does a Windows 7 system create, delete, or format a hard disk partition?

First, create and format new partitions (volumes)

To create partitions or volumes on your hard disk (these terms are commonly used interchangeably), you must be logged on as an administrator, and you must have unallocated disk space on your hard disk or you must have free space on the extended partition on your hard disk.

If you do not have unallocated disk space, you can create some space by shrinking an existing partition, deleting a partition, or using a Third-party partitioning program.

1, right click on the computer point management (if you are prompted to enter an administrator password or confirm, type the password or provide confirmation).

2, under Save in the left pane, click Disk Management.

3, right-click the unallocated area on your hard disk, and then click New Simple Volume.

4, in the New Simple Volume wizard, click Next.

5, type the size (in megabytes) of the volume you want to create or accept the maximum default size, and then click Next.

6, accept the default drive letter or select a different drive letter to identify the partition, and 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, and then click Next.

To format the volume using default settings, click Next.

8, review your selections, and then click Finish.

Second, format existing partitions (volumes).

Note: Formatting a volume will destroy all data on the partition. Make sure that you back up all the data you want to save before you start the operation

1, right click on the computer point management (if you are prompted to enter an administrator password or confirm, type the password or provide confirmation).

2, under Save in the left pane, click Disk Management.

3, right-click the volume you want to format, and then click Format.

4, to format the volume using the default settings, in the Format dialog box, click OK,

Then click OK again.

Attention:

1 cannot format the disk or partition that is currently in use, including the partition that contains Windows.

2 The "Perform Quick format" option creates a new file table, but does not completely overwrite or erase the volume. Quick format is much faster than normal formatting, which erases all existing data on the volume completely.

Third, delete the hard disk partition.

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps. When you delete a hard disk partition or volume (the term "Partition" and "volume" are commonly used interchangeably), you create a blank space that you can use to create a new partition. If your hard disk is currently set to a single partition, you cannot delete it. You cannot delete a system partition, boot partition, or any partition that contains a virtual memory paging file because Windows requires this information to start correctly.

Solution:

1, right click on the computer point management (if you are prompted to enter an administrator password or confirm, type the password or provide confirmation)

2, under Save in the left pane, click Disk Management.

3, right-click the volume (such as a partition or logical drive) that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volume.

4, click Yes to delete the volume.