How to Install And Format New HDD or SDD?

This Post illustrates the method to add a new hard drive to This PC on Windows 10 computer step by step for your better reference.

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Steps to add a hard drive to This PC in Windows 10:
Step 2: Shrink the volume of an existing hard drive.
For detailed operation, you can refer to How to Reduce Hard Drive Space in Windows 10.
Step 3: Right-click Unallocated (or Free space) and choose New Simple Volume in the context menu to continue.

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 Disk management
Step 4: Choose Next in the New Simple Volume Wizard window.

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 New Volume
Step 5: Specify a volume size that is between the offered maximum and minimum sizes, and then click Next.

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Step 6: Assign a drive letter to the new hard drive and tap Next.

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Tip: The default drive letter assigned to the new partition is E.
Step 7: Tap Next to choose formatting this hard drive.

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Step 8: Hit Finish to complete hard drive addition and exit the wizard.

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Tip: In the pop-up Microsoft Windows dialog, choose Format disk to go to format the new hard drive so that you can use it, such as storing data in it.

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From the following picture, you can see that a new hard drive has been successfully added to This PC.

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