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How do I partition my new hard drive?

Scenario - you just got a new external hard drive, with 160GB capacity.  However, when you plug it into your Windows OS it doesn't show the entire capacity.  Any hard drive, internal or external, needs to be formatted and partitioned.  Formatting is a process that wipes a drive clean and sets it up for use with your operating system.  Partitioning divides a drive into sections and increases your system performance.  read more »