partioning hard drive

[ray]

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partioned new hard drive, OS in 1st , now i want the 2nd partion for data storage; but unsure how to format 2nd partion without installing OS into it , is this possible or advisable !

 

[norm]

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Click Start, right click on My Computer, select Manage and under the Storage
folder you will find Disk Management. You should see the unpartitioned
space and be able to partition and format it.

"Ray" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> partioned new hard drive, OS in 1st , now i want the 2nd partion for data
storage; but unsure how to format 2nd partion without installing OS into it
, is this possible or advisable !
>