Right-click in the Unallocated disk area and select
New Partition, as shown in Figure 5-9, to start the New Partition Wizard. Click Next,
which takes you to the start of the parameters for partitioning and formatting the
drive.
Figure 5-7
Completion of
the network drive
registration wizard with
the option to save the
drive configuration
Figure 5-8
Saving the drive
configuration to a
file for use on other
computers
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Leave the default Primary Partition selected and simply click Next. Accept the
default partition size and then click Next to get to the drive letter selection, as shown
in Figure 5-10. I suggest picking a drive letter beyond E: through K: or L: to allow
???room??? for multifunction card readers and USB sticks to obtain a nonconflicting drive
assignment. Using a designation like M: for ???multimedia??? or S: for ???shared??? might
make it easier to associate the drive letter with the purpose of the drive. Click Next.
Figure 5-9
Opening the New
Partition Wizard for
your new drive.
Figure 5-10
Drive letter selection
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The next dialog box, shown in Figure 5-11, provides the final settings. Leave the
File System type as NTFS (unless FAT32 is an available selection) and Allocation Unit
Size parameter set to Default. Provide a name for the drive, click the Perform a Quick
Format check box, and then click Next. In the Completing the New Partition Wizard
dialog box, click Finish to begin the partition and format process.
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