How to Format a drive with partition in Windows 11

Format drive with partition. To format a new drive without a partition, use these steps:

Open Settings.
Click on System.
Click the Storage page on the right side.
Click on Advanced storage settings.
Click the Disks & volumes setting.
Select the hard drive.
Select the “Unallocated” space and click the Create volume button.
In the “Label” setting, confirm a label for the drive.
In the “Drive Letter” setting, select the drive letter to make available on File Explorer.

In the “File System” setting, select the NTFS option.
(Optional) In the “Size” setting, specify how much storage to assign the drive.
(Optional) Click on Advanced.
Check the Perform a quick format option. If you don’t select this option, the operation could take a long time.
(Optional) Check the Enable file and folder compression option if you want to save space when storing files
Click the Format option.

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