Before reinstalling Windows 10 on your computer, you might want to check if the partition scheme on your PC is GPT or MBR so that you can prepare the correct bootable Windows 10 USB for the installation. As you likely know, a bootable USB prepared for the GPT partition scheme cannot be used to install […]
3 Ways To Format 32GB+ USB Drives To FAT32 In Windows 10/11
Windows 10/11 doesn’t let you format external USB drives larger than 32GB to the FAT32 file system. The format utility dialog offers just NTFS and exFAT file systems for USB drives larger than 32GB. Although NTFS is the preferred file system by Windows 10/11, users who often need to use their USB external drives with […]
3 Ways To Format Drives/Partitions In Windows 10
Windows 10 offers multiple ways to format a partition or drive. You can initiate the format operation either from File Explorer, Disk Management, or Command Prompt. In this guide, we will see all the three ways out there to format a drive or partition in Windows 10 without using third-party utilities. IMPORTANT: Formatting a drive […]
How To Partition USB Drives In Windows 10/11 Using Disk Management
Do you want to partition your USB drive using the built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 10/11? Want to create multiple partitions on a USB drive? Here is how to create two or more partitions on a USB drive connected to Windows 11 or Windows 11 PC. While it has always been possible to create […]
Windows 10: We Couldn’t Create A new Partition Or Locate Existing One
Over the past weekend, I replaced the hard drive in my ThinkPad T450s with Samsung 850 EVO SSD. Although the notebook was performing quite well with the default HDD, I wanted to take the overall performance to the next level by replacing HDD with SSD. After replacing HDD with SSD, I decided to perform a […]
How To Delete The 450 MB Recovery Partition In Windows 10
Earlier this week, we discussed deleting the OEM created Windows 10 recovery partition. Many users who read the guide asked if the guide can be used to remove the 450 MB recovery partition created by Windows setup while installing Windows 10. As you likely know, Windows 10 creates a 450 MB recovery partition when you […]
How To Delete The OEM Recovery Partition In Windows 10
Do you want to delete the dedicated recovery partition from your Windows 10 PC to free up some space? Not sure how to safely remove the recovery partition in Windows 10? Here is how to do just that. What’s a recovery partition? The recovery partition is a dedicated partition on your PC’s hard drive or […]
Fix: Extend Volume Option Grayed Out In Windows 10 Disk Management
Like in previous versions of the Windows operating system, the Disk Management tool in Windows 10 enables you to create, format, delete, shrink and extend partitions without the help of third-party software. In one of our previous guides titled how to extend a partition in Windows 10, we discussed extending the system partition using the […]
How To Shrink A Volume Or Partition In Windows 10
If you have recently bought a new PC preinstalled with Windows 10, you likely have found that the manufacturer has created just one or two partitions on the large drive. For instance, if your PC ships with 500 GB HDD, you likely have a single partition of size around 440 GB, where Windows 10 is […]
How To Move Installed Programs To Another Drive In Windows 10
In one of our recently posted articles, we discussed changing the default install location of programs in Windows 10. Since the method can’t be used to move already installed programs, in this guide, we will see how to move installed programs to another drive or partition in Windows 10. As you likely know, Windows 10 […]