Have you ever met the situation where it is needed to format a partition in Windows Server 2008? What would you do at this time? For users’ convenience, we summarized some common circumstances here.
 
First of all, if users find some bad sectors in one partition of Windows Server 2008 or one partition has been ruined by nasty viruses beyond expectation, they must take timely measures to solve this problem. Formatting this Windows Server 2008 partition is now a good choice.
 
Secondly, though NTFS file system came into being a long time before FAT32 file system, it can’t be read by devices, such as Xbox 360 and PS3 sometimes. Only after users format it from NTFS to FAT32, can it works well with Windows Server 2008.
 
Thirdly, with the fast increasing of data, more and more Windows Server 2008 users will find their hard drive is running out of space. Some of them will choose to delete unnecessary files while others may think of replacing it with a brand new one. Well, how would users deal with the old hard drive? Whether users want to throw it away or sell it to other people, they have to format the hard drive or partitions with important data in case of privacy leakage.
 

Two Ways to Format a Partition in Windows Server 2008

Before carrying out partition format for Windows Server 2008, users need to notice one thing: once a hard drive or partition is formatted, all information or data in it will disappear. Therefore, users have to backup the important data and files before they actually format a partition in Windows Server 2008.
 

 
After that, users need to choose a way to format Windows Server 2008 partition. There are two ordinary choices:
1. Resort to Windows Disk Management: this method is not preferred by us because it has many defects. For instance, the format partition function is not available in some cases; the speed of partition format for Windows Server 2008 is really low.
2. Use third-party software: this is a better choice than the first one and we find MiniTool Partition Wizard is a really good tool for us to format Windows Server 2008 partition quickly and completely.
 
Users just need to choose the partition they want to format in MiniTool Partition Wizard at first. Then, they should click “Format Partition” function and do what tips tell them to do to finish formatting successfully.
 
If you also need to format a partition in Windows Server 2008, you can’t miss MiniTool Partition Wizard.