Open/Explore - Open an Explorer window to view disk contents Rescan Disks - Rescan disks and update disk statusĬreate VHD - Create a Vitual Hard Drive, upto 2 TB in size.Īttach VHD - Attach an existing VHD file. Refresh - Refreshes the disk display if disks are updated Options - Display options for Disk Cleanup utility Unreadable (when the disk has not spun up or the file system is corrupted,Ĭlicking Rescan Disk may fix this). See the disk, selecting Initialise Disk will write the signature), or (which means a Disk Signature has not been written to the disk for XP to (See Help and Support on Disk Management on fixing these types), Not Initialised

A GPT (GUID Partition Table) disc is used when multiple partitions (128 max) are required, which a MBR (Master boot record) type disk cannot support.Ī disk's status can be Healthy or Online (normal), Foreign The type is shown on the left column of theĭisk. Basic disks can be converted to Dynamic without data

Windows supports Basic disks, Dynamic disks and GPT disks. Partitions and format them, you can also assign Drive Letters to each new partitions,

In disk management you can select an unused area of the disk and create new Or format the System disk while Windows is loaded, you must boot off the WindowsĬD and use the drive setup section to delete or format new partitions. Partitions (it also supports older FAT methods).It is not possible to delete System which is an organisation method supplied by the Operating System The partition must be formatted with a File Is installed on this), a Boot Disk (system files installed at root),Ī Logical Partition such as a Data volume and other type of partitions A disk must have a least one partitionĬalled the Primary partition, the can be the System Disk (Windows Here is an example screen:Ī Hard disk can be split into partitions. Which is available from the Computer Management console or pressing Windows+X and load Disk Management or pressing Windows+R and entering diskmgmt.msc. Disk Management is a graphical based Disk Management system

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