Using DiskPart to clean and format a disk partition doesn't have to be hard. Just follow these simple steps.

Back up your files before formatting a USB drive in GParted to avoid data loss. After installing GParted, make sure to select the correct drive using the drop-down menu in the top-right corner. If you ...

Last week, I discussed how to use this command on the various disk partitions on a hard drive, including the formatting of a disk partition.

How to Format a FAT16 Hard Drive Using Ubuntu. Ubuntu can format hard drive partitions with the FAT16 file system, used by older operating systems such as Microsoft DOS and Windows 95.

Hey,So I posted in this thread that my HDD is basically HOSED (the game partition). I have tried to format the drive in Windows, but it either says "Unable to format this drive" with the "Quick ...

It can be tricky to manage disk partitions in Windows. Perhaps you want to boot two operating systems simultaneously, or maybe you don't want to reinstall Windows when partitioning a hard disk.

When you want to format a hard drive, it helps to know the difference between a partition and a drive.

Figure D Formatting a LUKS-encrypted partition with GNOME Disks. Once you’ve formatted the partition, it will now easily be accessible (as opposed to having to go through command line hoops).

I did some searching, but a lot of the threads were pretty old, and I'm still not sure how to approach this.I'm running WinXP, and would like to create an additional partition on my drive to test ...

Want to use one external hard drive with both a Mac and Windows computer? We’ll teach you how to properly partition your HDD for each OS type.