"JS" <@> wrote in message news:efH%(E-Mail Removed)...
> When you right click in Disk Management do you have an option to either:
> Delete Logical drive or Delete Partition.
I have 'delete partion' for the 110GB lettered drive.
>
> If you have either of these options then delete the logical drives or
> partitions first, you should then have all the drive space as unallocated.
So this will mean that if I delete the 110GB partition, I will see a 113GB
(110 + 3) unallocated area that I will then be able to format?
Well, that was the question I was going to ask before I decided to go ahead
and give it a try. I did and everything worked out fine.
>
> Then create the new partition and format.
Thanks so much.
Dave
>
> JS
>
> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I want to reformat a USB external disk from FAT32 to NTFS. I have never
>>used the disk management tool before. When I look at this disk it shows
>>110GB FAT32 with a drive letter. It also shows a 3GB area marked
>>unallocated with no file system listed. The right click menu for this
>>only gives the option for a new partition. Apparently I can originally
>>only reformat the 110GB area. From what I can guess, after this reformat,
>>I can extend the partition or something.
>>
>> Can someone please give me step-by-step instructions to reformat the
>> whole disk to NTFS.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
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