So windows 10...

[thefryguy]

ive just built my second pc with windows 10, which is great and all BUT i dont know how to format my hard drive (i have an boot ssd) so it will appear in the os as before i used diskmgmt.msc

 

Anyone?

[Husky]

ive just built my second pc with windows 10, which is great and all BUT i dont know how to format my hard drive (i have an boot ssd) so it will appear in the os as before i used diskmgmt.msc

 

Anyone?

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Click on "Disk Management" in the left panel and all your drives should show up > Right Click on the partition(s) you want to Format and click "Delete Volume" WARNING THIS WILL DELETE ALL DATA FROM THAT VOLUME > Then Right Click the Unpartitioned Space and click "New Volume" and go through the Wizard.

 

Hope this helps!

[thefryguy]

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Click on "Disk Management" in the left panel and all your drives should show up > Right Click on the partition(s) you want to Format and click "Delete Volume" WARNING THIS WILL DELETE ALL DATA FROM THAT VOLUME > Then Right Click the Unpartitioned Space and click "New Volume" and go through the Wizard.

 

Hope this helps!

ive got to the disk management but the dive is 'unallocated' and will only let me see properties and 'initialize disk'. in initialize disk it says it can be either a MBR(master boot record) or a GPT(GUID partition table). which should i pick? thanks

[Husky]

ive got to the disk management but the dive is 'unallocated' and will only let me see properties and 'initialize disk'. in initialize disk it says it can be either a MBR(master boot record) or a GPT(GUID partition table). which should i pick? thanks

If you choose "GPT" the drive will only work with Windows 8 or higher but if you choose "MBR" then the drive will work with all Operating Systems. I suggest you to choose "GPT". Once it's initialized then you can create a new volume.