See the notes for primary and extended partitions,
earlier, for details. By default, logical drives are identified in light blue.
EISA Configuration
This is a tiny partition that holds configuration data for the rest of the
drive, and it is typically placed at the beginning of the disk. You??™ll see
this on most RAID drives (see Chapter 6) and often on drives installed
in mass-produced PCs. Disk Management can??™t delete EISA Configuration
partitions, but Acronis Disk Director (see ???Resize and move partitions,???
later in this chapter) can.
Create and delete partitions
Every hard disk must be partitioned before it can be used, even if that disk
only gets a single partition. Here??™s how to prepare a brand-new hard disk, an
unnecessary step when you decide to ???Transfer Windows to Another Hard
Disk,??? as explained earlier in this chapter.
First, open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc), and make sure the Graphical
View, shown by default in the lower pane, is visible. Enlarge the pane
and the window if necessary to see all your drives.
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To create a new partition, right-click a region of your disk marked Unallocated,
and select New Simple Volume. The steps in the New Simple Volume
Wizard are pretty self-explanatory, and basically involve dialing in a
size for the new partition (use the maximum if you want to use the whole
drive), choosing a drive letter, and picking a filesystem (choose NTFS, as
described ???Choose the Right Filesystem,??? earlier in this chapter).
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