To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management. You can repartition and format your hard drives in Windows using the Disk Management tool.

It's essential to format a new hard drive to prepare it for use, and in this guide, we'll show you how to complete this task on Windows 10.

While most modern hard drives make use of the NTFS file system on Windows and APFS on macOS, both of which offer a wide array of features — when it comes to compatibility, FAT32 reigns supreme.

Step-by-step instructions to format a hard drive in Windows 7, including screenshots for each step to make the process easy to follow.

You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use.

Open up Windows Explorer and right-click on your drive in the sidebar. Choose "Format". In the "File System" dropdown, choose exFAT instead of NTFS. Click Start and close this window when finished.

The Mac/Windows-compatible ExFat format allows larger file sizes than the old FAT32.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to format a USB flash drive on Windows 11 using File Explorer, Settings app, Disk Management tool, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.