Tips To Format a Hard Drive

First you need to backup all your important data in an external media like CD, DVD or an external hard drive. Next, right click on the 'My Computer' icon which is positioned on the desktop and select 'manage'. This will bring a new window and you need to select 'storage' here. Go to 'disk management' and you will get the graphical representation of the partitioned hard drive that your computer presently incorporating.

If you want to format a particular partition, just right click on the drives and click format option. If you want to delete a partition, just click on delete existing partitions. Whether to delete or format a partition, it will require some time. Now the deleted partitions will appear in graphical representation as free unformatted space. You need to right click on this free partition box and select 'New Partition'.

The new partition wizard will open up and here you need to follow the simple steps. You have to enter the size of the new partition, the drive name and the filesystem type. After inserting all the required details click on 'finish'. It will take some time to complete the process. The same process needs to be followed to create other partitions. If you don't want to create a partition and want a single drive, select the default size that is shown there.

If you want to format the primary partition of the hard drive you will need an operating system disk or a bootable media device. You need to change the boot device from the BIOS. Typically the computer boots from the hard drive but as you want to format the hard drive you have to boot your computer from the optical drive. And then follow the on screen steps. If you can not manage the task on your own, get help from a virtual PC support provider. For resolving PC problems these computer services companies are very helpful.

Operating system support is provided by PC repair companies at a very convenient price. Services from these companies are offered round the clock.