How to Format a Secondary Hard Disk
When you first purchase a secondary hard drive to perform additional storage duties on your computer, you most likely need to format it to run properly. A secondary hard drive does not have the operating system on it, nor do system files save to it. However, you can use the drive to save content such as music, videos, and other data that ordinarily would take up too much space on your hard drive.
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Instructions
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Power on your computer and wait for the operating system to completely boot up.
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Click the "Start" button on your desktop, then click "Run." This is going to open up a small window with a search bar. Type in "Compmgmt.msc." into the search bar. A computer management screen is going to load in a few moments.
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Click "Storage," then select "Disk management." All of the hard drives and removable storage drives are listed in this section.
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Click on the secondary drive you want to format. Right-click the drive to bring up a new pull-down menu with a few different options. Select "Format." In a moment the hard drive format is going to begin. Depending on the size of the secondary hard drive, this process may take a few minutes.
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