Formatting HD not formated on install

[cmp1223]

I currently have only 20mb of my 200mb formatted and need to format the rest, in NTFS. how do i do this in XP? Also, i just read about people making seperate paging files, recommending a size 5x ram (so it would be 5gb for me) should i do this? I already plan to leave the OS on the 20 and move user data to the new drive. Also heard of partitioning other sections for various windows-specific uses, will this increas performance?

 

[airfoil]

You'll need to go to disk management to format the rest.

1. Right click the My Computer Icon on the desktop and select 'Manage'. (if there isnt a My Computer Icon, then go to control panel and select Administrative Tools, from where you then select Computer Management)

2. When the Computer Management window pops up, Select Disk Management under 'Storage' in the left Pane

3. Youll probably see your Raptor listed in the Disk Manangement window as an unformatted drive - just right click the drive and choose format from the menu.

4. I recommend you format using NTFS

Take a look at a screenshot of Disk Management here.

 

[cmp1223]

thanks, what about a partition for a swap file, is it necessary