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Guy Hart-Davis

"CNET Do-It-Yourself PC Upgrade Projects"


This should be the new disk.
Press WINDOWS KEY??“R. Windows displays the Run dialog box.
Type diskmgmt.msc, and then press ENTER or click the OK button. If you??™re
using Windows Vista, go through User Account Control (unless you??™ve
turned User Account Control off) for the Microsoft Management Console
feature. The Disk Management window opens. When Disk Management
notices the new hard disk, it displays the Initialize Disk dialog box, as
shown here.
If Disk Management doesn??™t notice the new disk, choose Action | Scan Disks.
Make sure the correct disk is selected in the Select Disks list box. (Disk Management
should select the correct disk unless you??™ve just added multiple
new disks.)
Make sure the MBR (Master Boot Record) option button is selected rather
than the GPT (GUID Partition Table) option button.
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Click the OK button. Disk Management closes the Initialize Disk dialog box
and initializes the disk, which then appears as Unallocated, as shown next
for Disk 1 (the new disk).
Right-click anywhere in the new disk??™s graphic and choose New Simple Volume.
Disk Management launches the New Simple Volume Wizard, which
displays its Welcome screen.
A volume is a defined section of a hard disk that enables Windows to access it. A volume is also
called a partition.
Click the Next button to display the Specify Volume Size screen.


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