Comments on: Disk Formatting

By: inamhaque

inamhaque — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:23:10 +0000

Thank you guys, Its done, I did it through disk management.
Its all ok, Thank you once again, appriciate your time and efforts.

By: vonsim

vonsim — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:40:40 +0000

At the Desktop:
Select:-
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
Disk Management
Highlight the unformatted disk
Right click on it
Then select format option

By: djlsky

djlsky — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:09:25 +0000

If you used the XP install option to format the drive then you need to follow enreynolds process. XP install only formats (builds a file system) on the first drive (C:) but partitions (splits) the hard drive into two partitions. The second partion is NOT formatted which is why you can’t “see” it. Its easy to do with the disk managment app. You can also use Fdisk but why fight it use the GUI it works great. Depending on the use of the machine you may want to shrink the C: drive down to 6-10gig and make the rest of the drive your data area(s). Having a smaller C: drive improves startup and maintenance (defrag, sys bu etc.)performance. I always ghost my drive after installing the OS and core apps w/o data. This makes recovery a snap and simplifies data backup by not having to bu the OS. djl

By: bit4man

bit4man — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:47:23 +0000

When you say “see” the drive, I’m assuming you mean from “my computer” ?? If so, unformatted partitions will not show up there. At least not always.

New disks are done in the disk administrator – which you find under your computer management, and “disk management”. Use it to create, update, delete partitions, and to format them. When you’ve done both, the disk will appear in “my computer” (sometimes a reboot is necessary). Make sure you have assigned drive letter – it’s on by default, but easy to uncheck.

By: enreynolds

enreynolds — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:32:27 +0000

Right click “My Computer”, select “Manage”. Expand “Storage”, if not already expanded, and select “Disk Management”. Here you should find your unformated missing partition. Format it, assign a drive letter or mount it in an empty folder, and you should be set.

Eric