When Windows is installed, it creates a System Reserved partition which is used for recovery. If the portion is damaged, formatting can be a problem.

This tutorial explains how to format or convert a Hard Disk or a Partition to NTFS format, as it is file system that provides better performance and security for data.

If you want to set up a FAT partition for reading and writing the disk on both Windows and OS X, then select "Master Boot Record." Set the desired sizes for the partitions and click "Partition." ...

Windows 7's Disk Management utility allows you to do just that through a simple, graphical interface. During the process, you'll also need to decide on formatting.

Formatting a drive is a routine task for Windows users when they need to erase and empty a whole partition or an external disk to free up space. However, this doesn't always go according to plan ...

Microsoft is lifting a decades-old restriction on Windows that capped FAT32 disk formatting at 32GB. Instead, FAT32 formatting on Windows 11 will support partitions up to 2TB in size.

Anil Sood had three apparently unusable partitions on his laptop before upgrading to Windows 10. Now he has four. Can he make use of this seemingly wasted space? All of those partitions, none of ...

New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks But the Windows NT-era disk formatting UI hasn't been fixed yet.