1. Click on Start and right-click Computer.
2. Click on Manage.
3. You will get a window called Computer Management with two panes. On the left pane under Storage, click on Disk Management. This will load the right pane. You may need to maximize the windows to see all your drives.
4. In the lower right pane, you should see a list of all available drives/devices. Find the drive listing that corresponds to the one that you want to partition and format. It typically has a black bar indicating unallocated space.
If there is a blue bar, then the drive has already been partitioned and formatted. Make sure, that if you have data on the drive, you back it up before proceeding. Once you are ready to proceed, right-click on the blue bar and choose Delete Volume. You will get a pop-up window asking you if you really want to delete the partition. Click Yes. The bar should now be black.
5. Right-click on the black bar to see a menu of available options. Left-click on New Simple Volume.
6. The Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard will appear. Left-click on Next to proceed to the next screen.
7. This is where you can set a partition on the drive. By default Windows chooses the whole drive so you can left-click on Next.
8. Choose the drive letter that you want the drive to have. By default Windows will choose the next available drive letter. Then click on Next.
9. This is the format screen. Make sure that the File System is set to NTFS. The Allocation Unit Size should be left at its default value. In the Volume Label field you can give the drive a name if you want. Check the box that says Perform a Quick Format so that Windows will format the drive quickly. Then click on Next.
10. The next screen gives you a confirmation of all the steps that you just went through. Click on Next.
11. The listing for the drive (Disk 1 in the picture below) will say Formatting as it formats the drive.
12. When the drive is done (Disk 1 in the picture below) the bar will be blue and the drive will say Healthy.
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