How do I Re-format a partitioned harddisk to remove the partitions?

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I have installed a second harddisk that is partitioned on my computer. I do
not need the data on the disk, and I want to remove the partitions to get
one large disk.. I assume I need to reformat the disk to do that. I went to

Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk
Management

and I see where I can format an individual partition, but I do not see how I
can format the disk to remove the partitions.

Any assistance is appreciated.
Thank You.
 
Donnie said:
I have installed a second harddisk that is partitioned on my computer. I do
not need the data on the disk, and I want to remove the partitions to get
one large disk.. I assume I need to reformat the disk to do that. I went to

Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk
Management

and I see where I can format an individual partition, but I do not see how I
can format the disk to remove the partitions.

Any assistance is appreciated.
Thank You.
Click to expand...

Right click on the partition and select delete partition.
Then you can create another partition that fills the
entire drive.
 
I have installed a second harddisk that is partitioned on my computer. I do
not need the data on the disk, and I want to remove the partitions to get
one large disk.. I assume I need to reformat the disk to do that. I went to

Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk
Management

and I see where I can format an individual partition, but I do not see how I
can format the disk to remove the partitions.

Any assistance is appreciated.
Thank You.
Click to expand...

Formatting has nothing to do with re-partitioning. A partition is the
container; the Format tells the OS how to read/write the data within
the partition.
 
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