Partition Magic - Partition Manager Software
Resize/Move partition without data loss.
Extend system partition easily and safely.
Create, delete and format partion with simple steps. Copy partition and disk to transfer data with ease.
Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB.
Keep your data safe even in case of power outages
or hardware failure.
About Format
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Use Format to format a partition, destroying all its data in the process. Formatting lets you put a different file system on a partition.
PartitionMagic has several conversion options that let you convert from one file system to another without destroying existing files in a partition. For more information about converting partitions, click See Also on the Help toolbar.
To format a partition
Partition Manager Help
Getting Started
- Before You Run PartitionMagic
- Hard Disk Integrity Checks
- PartitionMagic Interface
- Four Steps to Complete a Task
- Change preferences
- Partition Basics
- What is a Hard Disk?
- What is Disk Formatting?
- Understanding File Systems
- Understanding Partitions
- Understanding How a Computer Boots
- Managing Your Partitions
- Freeing Disk Space Before Enlarging a FAT Partition
- Understanding Hidden Partitions
- Understanding Drive Letters
- Understanding the BIOS 1024 Cylinder Limit
- Understanding the 2 GB Boot Code Boundary
- Changing the BIOS LBA Mode Setting
- Restoring System Files
How do I ……?
- General
- Apply Changes
- Undo last Change
- Discard All Changes
- Change preferences
- Password-protect Partition Magic
- Change a password
- Remove password Protection
- Exit PartitionMagic
- View
- Operations
- Hard Disk Integrity Checks
- Resize a partition
- Move a partition
- Copy a partition
- Create a partition
- Delete a partition
- Undelete a partition
- Change a partition label
- Format a partition
- Convert FAT to FAT32 or NTFS to FAT/FAT32
- Convert FAT/FAT32 to 4K aligned
- Convert FAT/FAT32 to NTFS
- Convert FAT32 to FAT
- Convert a partition to Primary/Logical
- Merge a partition
- Split a partition
- View partition information
- Check a partition for errors
- Use MS ScanDisk to check for errors
- Use Windows CheckDisk to check for errors (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
- View pending operations
- Advanced
- Retest bad sectors
- Hide a partition
- Resize the root directory
- Set the active partition
- Resize clusters
- Change a drive letter (NT only)
- Tools
- PQBoot
- Drive Mapper
- BootMagic Configuration
- Create Rescue Disks
- PartitionInfo and PARTINFO
- Tasks
- Use a task
- Create New MiniTool Partition Wizard
- Resize Partitions Wizard
- Redistribute Free Space Wizard
- Merge Partitions Wizard
- Copy Wizard
- Display/hide task buttons
- Install Another OS task
- Create Backup Partition task
- Scenarios
- Create Scenario: To create a logical partition on a secondary hard disk
- Create Scenario: To create a Linux logical partition
- Create Scenario: To create a primary partition for Windows NT
- Add free space to a logical partition
- Add free space to a primary partition
- User PartitionMagic with other software
About the Features
- Apply Changes
- Bad Sector Retest
- BootMagic Configuration
- Change Drive Letter
- Check for Errors
- Convert
- Copy
- Create
- Creating an Operating System Boot Disk
- Create Rescue Disk
- Delete
- Discard All Changes
- DriveMapper
- Exit
- File Browser
- Format
- Help
- Hide Patition
- Info
- Label
- Merge
- MS ScanDisk
- Operations Pending
- PartitionInfo
- PQBoot
- PQBoot for Windows
- Preferences
- Resize Clusters
- Resize/Move
- Resize Root
- Set Active
- Set Password
- Split
- Tasks
- Undelete
- Undo Last Change
- View Menu
- Windows CheckDisk
Troubleshooting
- Generay
- Freeing Memory to Run PartitionMagic
- Make the operating system assign a CD-ROM drive letter
- Use PartitionMagic with a SCSI hard disk
- PqRP Partitions
- Resolving Check Errors
- Resolve partition table errors
- Partition Tables and Viruses
- Additional Help
Technical Support
Glossary
- Partition Recovery
- Server Partition Software
- Server Partition Magic
- Resize Partition
- Partition Magic
- Free CD DVD Recovery Software
- Free Data Recovery Software
- Partition Manager Resource
- Partition Magic Resource
- Partition Magic Keyword
- Server Partition Resize
- Server Partition Manager
- Free Format Recovery Software
- Mac Data Recovery