When need a disk format tool?
Formatting a hard drive means all the data on the disk will be erased and at the same time the file system like NTFS and FAT32 will be assigned to the disk again so that the hard drive can be recognized by the Windows. A disk format tool is usually used in the following cases:
- When you install or replace with a new hard drive on your PC, you’ll be required to initialize it because it cannot be used to store data unless you partition and format it in advance.
- When you find your disk is read-only out of corrupted file system, you can format the disk and allocate a new file system to it so that you can continue to add data to it.
- When your hard drive is almost full and there is no important files on it, you are able to format it to free up much more space.
- When your current file system is not compatible with your Windows system or other devices, you could reformat it to another file system.
- When there is virus or malware on your disk, you can deal with it by formatting.
Format hard drive with AOMEI Partition Assistant (Easiest)
No matter why you want to format a hard drive, switching to a reliable format tool should be a wise choice. AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is a powerful all-in-one Windows partition manager. It cannot only help you format hard drive on Windows 11/10/8/7, but also enable you to resize partition, wipe disk,convert MBR to GPT Windows 10, convert file system between FAT32 and NTFS, or migrate Windows 10 to SSD, etc.
Promising features:
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standardis regarded as the most excellent for the following absorbing advantages in formatting:
- It can not only format internal hard drive but also external hard drive to exFAT file system.
- It is able to format hard drive that is larger than 32GB to FAT32.
- It allows you to create a bootable media to format system disk.
- It can format a disk that is RAW, not showing up or read-only successfully.
- It supports formatting partition to almost all kinds of file system: FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, Ext4, Ext3, Ext2.
Step-by-step tutorial:
Here I’ll show you the stepwise on how to format a hard drive with the best disk format tool:
Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Rightclick the partition you want to format and select “Format Partition”.
Step 2. Select a file system as you need. Here, we take NTFS for example. Then, hit “OK”
Step 3. Hit “Apply” on the upper left of the main interface to start the disk formatting process.
As you can see, with the help of AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, you can format a hard drive on Windows 11/10/8/7 in only three clicks. It’s very easy, right? However, if you don’t want to use the third-party drive formatting software utility, you can try Windows built-in hard disk format tool – Disk Management.
Format hard drive with Windows built-in Disk Management
Windows Disk Management is often used by Windows users to create partition, format partition, extend or shrink partition. If you want to format hard drive via, you can follow the steps below.
Step 1. Right-click the Windows Start menu and select Disk Management. Then you will get into the main interface.
Step 2. Choose the partition that you want to format. And then right-click it to select Format.
Step 3. Then, you are able to set the volume label, file system, and size, or you can keep it by default, then click “OK”.
However, unlike AOMEI software, not every time you will succeed in formatting hard drive with Disk Management. Majority of users have reported that they have met “Format option is greyed out” error frequently, which may caused by multiple factors like the target partition is C drive or the file system is RAW. To this end, using a third-party format tool is much more efficient and easier.
Summary
After learning two drive formatting software utilities from this passage, you can effortlessly format your hard drive now. By comparison, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is quite more reliable and easy-to-use. It can format a partition that can’t be formatted by Disk Management. In addition, it’s far more than a disk format tool, it’s also a disk cloning utility, allowing you to clone HDD to SSD for free.
