How to Unpartition a Hard Drive
You need to unpartition a hard drive when you want to start completely from scratch or in preparation for selling or repurposing a computer. You must have administrator permissions to unpartition a drive. In Windows 7, your drive will be unusable until it is repartitioned with a new file system.
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Instructions
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Click the Start button.
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Type "disk management" into the search box.
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Click "Create and format hard disk partitions."
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Locate the hard drive you wish to unpartition in the list in the Computer Management window. Right-click its name.
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Select the "Delete Volume" heading from the context menu to start the unpartitioning procedure.
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Click the "OK" button in the warning dialog box that appears. This warning explains that unpartitioning the volume will result in all data on the drive being deleted.
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Tips & Warnings
Back up your data before unpartitioning your drive as all data will be lost.
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