Dealing With Partitions
Before you can use the space on your harddrive you must provide it with a filesystem (the "blank" type is RAW which isnt useable). There are several ways of manipulating partitions
* Utilities like FDISK can perform basic partitioning tasks (create/destroy) although they cant handle the larger modern drives nor can they make use of filesystems other than FAT/FAT32 (this route is destructive)
* During the installation of the operating system (other than like W9x/WME or something) and option is available to make and delete partitions. This is a destructive technique meaning data will be lost
* After installing Windows you can
1. Control Panel
2. Administrative Tools
3. Computer Management
4. Select Disk Management
5. Select a drive and proceed to make/delete a partition (this is also a destructive process
* Using a third party program like Partition Magic can allow you to make your partitions without losing data. Third party programs like this also provide the ability to merge, resize and otherwise alter the partition (all non-destructive)
* Do note that when you create a new partition, to be able to actually use it (since it's still in RAW format) you have to format the said partition. Formatting can be done (formatting is a destructive process)
1. From DOS via the Format command
2. From windows by going to My Computer, selecting the drive to format, right-clicking on it and selecting format (or just selecting the drive)
3. Using a third party program like Partition Magic
