All you need to know to manage hard drives on Windows 11
(Windows Phone Central)

Here are the steps to use the Disks & volumes settings and Disk Management consoles to manage storage devices on Windows 11. On Windows 11, every storage device needs to have a volume with a compatible file system and drive letter to make it usable. Typically, when you connect an internal or external hard drive, it comes already formatted with the necessary settings to make it plug-and-play. However, sometimes, you will need to manage the storage device manually. For example, you may need to reformat a drive that was previously connected to a computer or resolve file corruption problems. You may need to change the drive letter or label to make the storage more meaningful for the data you will be storing. Or, instead of using the entire drive to store files, you may want to resize the volume to create additional volumes to store different types of files. Whatever the reason, Windows 11 includes many ways to manage storage devices, including the Disks & volumes settings and ...