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DISK

MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE
Disk Management Software
• is a utility built into different operating
systems which can be used to create,
delete, format partitions, assign drive
letters, and much more
• can be also be used to view partitions
and their formatted file systems on the
hard drive.
How To Access Disk
Management
• The most common way to
access Disk Management is
via Computer Management:
Methods to Access the
Disk Management
Method 1
• Click the Start button > Control
Panel > Administrative Tools.
• Double Click Computer
Management and then click
Disk Management in the left
hand column.
Method 2
• Click Start > Run and type
diskmgmt.msc in the Open: line
and click OK. The Disk
Management snap-in will open.
Method 3
• By default, Administrative Tools is not
shown on the Start Menu but if you have
modified the Start Menu (by right clicking the
Start button and selecting Properties >
Customize) so it is shown then just select
Start > Administrative Tools > Computer
Management and then click Disk
Management in the left hand column.
Method 3
• In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, click on
the Start button.
• In Windows XP and earlier, click on Start and
then Run.
• Type the following command in the text box:
diskmgmt.msc and then hit the Enter key or
press OK button, depending on where you ran
the command from.
Note:
• Technically, opening Disk Management from
the Command Prompt would require that
you actually open the Command Prompt
program. However, running an executable
program like diskmgmt.msc from the search
or run box accomplishes the same thing
Another Way of Opening Disk Management

• Just press the WIN and X keys together


to bring up the menu, then click on the
Disk Management shortcut. Beginning
the the Windows 8.1 update, right-clicking
on the start button works to bring up the
Power User Menu too.
How to Use the Disk Management
• Disk Management has to main sections – a
top and a bottom:
• The top section contains a list of all the
partitions, formatted or not, that Windows
recognizes.
• The bottom section contains a graphical
representation of the physical drives installed
in the computer.
Here are some common things that you can
do in Disk Management:
• Partition a Drive
• Format a Drive
• Change a Drive’s Letter
• Shrink a Partition
• Extend a Partition
• Delete a Partition
• Change a Drive’s File System
Partition a Hard Drive
• To partition a hard drive in Windows 7 means
to divide the hard drive into parts and
make those parts available to the
operating system.
• It is also possible for an entire hard drive to
have a single partition, which oddly enough is
actually the most common way to partition a
hard drive.
Partition a Hard Drive
• Read the Welcome page and then click Next.
• The specify Volume Size page specifies the
minimum and maximum size for the
volume in megabytes and lets you size the
volume within these limits. Size the
partition in megabytes using the Simple
Volume Size field and then click Next.
• On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page,
specify whether you want to assign a drive
letter or path and then click Next. The
available options are as follows:
• Use the Format Partition page to
determine whether and how the
volume be formatted. If you want to
form the volume, choose Format
This Volume With the Following
Settings, and then configure the
following options:
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