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You may need to format a hard drive to match your computer s operating system before you can use it.
To format a hard drive in Windows, you ll use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, you ll use Disk Utility.
If you re adding a hard drive to your computer, you probably need to format it to your computer s operating system before you can use it.
This is easy to do with built-in utilities for both Windows and Mac computers, and the process is the same whether you re formatting an internal drive installed on a desktop PC or an external drive plugged into your desktop or laptop.
How to format a hard drive for use on a PC or Mac computer
Dave JohnsonDec 18, 2020, 05:21 IST
You can format a hard drive on a PC or Mac using utility features.Thanayu Jongwattanasilkul /EyeEm/Getty Images
You may need to format a
hard drive to match your computer s operating system before you can use it.
To format a hard drive in
Windows, you ll use the Disk Management utility; on a
Mac, you ll use
Disk Utility.
If you re adding a hard drive to your computer, you probably need to format it to your computer s operating system before you can use it.
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You can partition a hard drive on a computer to create multiple drive letters with a single drive.
You can use the Disk Management utility in Windows to partition a drive by shrinking an existing partition and then formatting the new unallocated partition.
Remember that a partitioned hard drive is still just a single device, so you should have a reliable backup of both partitions. If the drive fails, both partitions will be lost.
Partitioning a hard drive is like turning one hard drive into two. By creating a partition, you ll have two drive letters (such as C and D drives), and formatting one partition does not affect the other, as if they were two physically separate drives.
How to partition a hard drive on a computer and create multiple drive locations
Dave JohnsonDec 16, 2020, 23:51 IST
You can partition a hard drive on a Windows PC using the Disk Management utility.Jamie Grill/Getty Images
You can partition a
hard drive on a computer to create multiple drive letters with a single drive.
You can use the Disk Management utility in Windows to partition a drive by shrinking an existing partition and then formatting the new unallocated partition.
Remember that a partitioned hard drive is still just a single device, so you should have a reliable backup of both partitions. If the drive fails, both partitions will be lost.
Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 20279
Last week, Microsoft released two different Windows 10 builds to the Dev Channel, giving Insiders a chance to choose if they wanted to stay on the FE RELEASE branch or switch to the more experimental RS PRERELEASE branch.
For those who stuck with the FE RELEASE branch, Microsoft now has another new build to try out (those on RS PRERELEASE won’t get this).
Build 20279 is largely the same as last week’s Build 20277, and is being released so that Microsoft can test its ability to roll out follow up builds more quickly. Advertisement
There are no other changes to report, but there is a list of known issues which are: