<p>This article describes how to format and partition data disk in the Windows operating system.</p> <p><strong>Prerequisites</strong></p> <p>You have purchased data disk and successfully mount it to the target Windows instance.</p> <p><strong>Usage Guidelines</strong></p> <p>1．&nbsp; Data disks purchased together with instances do not need to mount but are partitioned in the operating system.</p> <p>2．&nbsp; Do not perform risky operations such as formatting Disk C in the operating system. It would cause data loss.</p> <p><strong>Procedures</strong></p> <p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Log in to Windows instance.</p> <p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the desktop of Windows, right-click the <strong>Start</strong> icon, and click <strong>Disk Management (K)</strong> to enter the <strong>Disk Management</strong> page.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307133753-1c313d3592f2.png" style="height:595px; width:292px" /></p> <p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Disk 1 is offline. Right-click <strong>Online</strong> in Disk 1 area.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307133822-1e1c57579035.png" style="height:573px; width:739px" /></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> After getting online, the status of Disk 1 turns into <strong>Uninitialized</strong>.</p> <p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Right-click Disk 1 area, and select Initialize Disk (I).</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307133901-1acc7e9a9ec3.png" style="height:581px; width:744px" /></p> <p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the dialog box of <strong>Initialize Disk</strong> that opens, Disk 1 is selected by default. Select disk partition style, and click <strong>OK</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong></p> <ul> <li>MBR is well adaptable. If the disk size is no more than 2 TB, we recommend that you select MBR.</li> <li>If the disk size is over 2 TB, we recommend that you select GPT but it cannot be recognized by all previous versions of Windows.</li> </ul> <p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the <strong>Unallocated</strong> area on the right side of Disk 1, right-click <strong>New Simple Volume (I)</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307133927-100131909d30.png" style="height:591px; width:747px" /></p> <p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You will enter <strong>New Simple Volume Wizard</strong> page, and click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134043-157ad6219b2f.png" style="height:502px; width:577px" /></p> <p>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Specify the size of simple volume by selecting size between the maximum and minimum size. If you only want to create one primary partition, you can select default size. Click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134053-1985bb419786.png" style="height:497px; width:578px" /></p> <p>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Select driver letter, and click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134105-195563a5923c.png" style="height:502px; width:574px" /></p> <p>10.&nbsp;&nbsp; Select <strong>Format the Volume with the Following Settings (O)</strong> including File system, Allocation unit size, and Volume label. Decide whether to select <strong>Perform a quick format (O)</strong> and <strong>Enable file and folder compression (E)</strong>. Click <strong>Next</strong>.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134116-19988caa906c.png" style="height:500px; width:578px" /></p> <p>11.&nbsp;&nbsp; Click <strong>OK</strong> to complete new simple volume wizard.</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134125-155f6c639af8.png" style="height:497px; width:577px" /></p> <p><strong>Result</strong></p> <p>After you complete to format and partition data disk, you can view that the status of Disk 1 is <strong>Good Condition</strong> and can use the data disk.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200307134134-1b4c8d979177.png" style="height:117px; width:674px" /></p>