How to format a hard drive on the Windows 7 computer

The Complete Procedure to Format a Hard Drive on your Windows 7 Computer

This document will be explanatory to format a drive on your Windows 7 system. Clear all the information on the drive by formatting it. Prior to your Windows stores information on a new drive, it is vital to partition the drive.
Open the Disk Management tool in Windows computer. The traditional method of opening the tool is through the Run window. Press Ctrl + R keyboard shortcut and the Run menu opens. Type diskmgmt.msc in the textbox and then click on the OK button.
The Disk Management opens in a few seconds. Optimize the window to maximum and search for the drive to format. If the Windows is new and is not partitioned, it is significant to do the drive partitioning. Affirm if you are selecting the right drive to format.
Right-click on the drive and select Format from the submenu that appears.
If you are formatting the previously available drive, then double check for files in it. Once you click Format, the entire data will get clean. If you are formatting a new drive, you can quickly recognize it from the list as it is labeled as RAW.
Name your drive as it will be easy for you to identify the correct drive from the list.

Use the Volume label to rename the drive. You can set the Filesystem type, and it is recommended to choose type NTFS. Select the allocation size for the drive.
In the Allocation unit size text box, choose Default, and the size will be automatically allocated based on the driver type. But if you are sure, you can customize the size of the driver. The next would be formatting the drive.
The Windows will automatically display the quick format option enabled. It is advised to uncheck the box and choose Standard format option. The final option is to Enable file and folder compression.
The compression mechanisms compress the files without compromising the quality of the files thus supports saving the drive space. Before you click the Ok button for formatting, make sure to review the format settings for the last time.
Formatting will be done successfully, you can now make alterations to the formatted drive and can move files to it. I am sure the above procedures might have helped you to format a hard drive on your Windows.