How to Create and Format exFAT Partition in Windows 10/8/7?

This article explains to you how to create and format exFAT partition in Windows 10/8/7 with a free exFAT partition manager AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.

By Cherry / Last Updated December 29, 2020

Scenario

“I have an external hard drive and I was planning to format this hard drive to exFAT file system, cause I already have three external hard drives formatted in exFAT under my Windows XP Pro. However, I failed to format external hard drives to exFAT which is no longer available in the file system options: when I was formatting HDD, the default file system is NTFS without other options. But I need to format this external hard drive to exFAT drive. Is there anyone who knows how to create and format exFAT partition in Windows 7? Any advice would be thankful in advance.”

Advantages of exFAT partition

External hard drive is a kind of storage drives that can be used to store many data to release more space from the internal hard drive, or store backup images or the copy data in case of data loss. External hard drive can be used under various OSes such as Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Most HDDs have to format to NTFS or HFS+ so that they can be used under Windows or Mac.

It seems hassle progress if you want to work with both Windows and Mac. You know that Windows file system is formatted as NTFS in default. However, Mac OS X provides NTFS read-only support. Mac supports HFS+ drives, while Windows computer can’t read or write HFS+ drives. FAT32 can be used on both Windows and Mac, but it has the 4GB maximum file size and 8TB maximum partition size limits. Fortunately, the exFAT, which is widely compatible with FAT32 and NTFS, is compatible with both Windows and Mac, and without those limits of FAT32. Therefore, it should be the simplest and best choice.

But how to create and format exFAT partition in Windows 10/8/7?

Free exFAT partition manager

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is a free program that can help you manage your hard drives well. With this toolkit, you can create, delete, move, format partition on your computer easily, and it provides you many other features to keep your hard drive stay in the best status. It supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, and exFAT, ReFS, etc. It can make up for the shortages of Windows Disk Management. So, when you meet the problem that not possible to format exFAT, you can download this free partition manager to have a try.

How to create and Format exFAT partition with exFAT partition manager?

With AOMEI Partition Assistant, things would become easier. Here are the detailed steps of how to create and format exFAT partition.

Format exFAT partition

When you format external hard drive to exFAT, you may meet the problem like we mentioned at the beginning. And when that bad thing happened, you can turn to the free partition manager to find the right way. To format exFAT partition, here you can do as follows:

Step 1.Connect the external hard drive to your computer so that it can be recognized.

Step 2. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant from your computer. Right-click the hard drive you want to format to exFAT, and hit option “Format Partition”.

Step 3. It will pop up a window that you can choose file system, edit partition label, and cluster size. Here, choose exFAT at the File System drop-down menu. Click OK.

Step 4.You will back to the main interface. Click Apply->Proceed at the toolbar to submit the whole operations.

Create exFAT partition

To create exFAT partition, you can follow the steps below:

Step 1. Right click the free disk space, select Create Partition in the menu.

Step 2. It will show you a window where you can set up the detailed of the new partition including partition size, drive letter, file system, etc. Here we choose exFAT in file system drop-down menu to create exFAT partition. ClickOK when you set up all things.

Step 3. Now, you can preview the new created partition, click Apply-> Proceed on the toolbar to initiate the progress.

Hereto, you can see that the AOMEI Partition Assistant should be the best toolkit for how to create and format exFAT partition in Windows 10/8/7. with this free partition manager, create exFAT partition or format exFAT partition becomes easy. It is worth to try. Besides those features, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant to repartition hard drive, copy partition/disk, migrate OS to SSD, etc. You can even upgrade to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to get more advanced features if you need, such as allocate free space, quick partition, command line, and so on.

Create and format a hard disk partition

To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, you must be logged in as an administrator, and there must be either unallocated disk space or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk.

If there is no unallocated disk space, you can create some by shrinking an existing partition, deleting a partition, or by using a third-party partitioning program.

Open Computer Management by selecting the Start button. The select Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.

In the left pane, under Storage, select Disk Management.

Right-click an unallocated region on your hard disk, and then select New Simple Volume.

In the New Simple Volume Wizard, select Next.

Enter the size of the volume you want to create in megabytes (MB) or accept the maximum default size, and then select Next.

Accept the default drive letter or choose a different drive letter to identify the partition, and then select Next.

In the Format Partition dialog box, do one of the following:

If you don’t want to format the volume right now, select Do not format this volume, and then select Next.

To format the volume with the default settings, select Next.

Review your choices, and then select Finish.

Note: When you create new partitions on a basic disk, the first three will be formatted as primary partitions. Beginning with the fourth, each one will be configured as a logical drive within an extended partition.

How to Partition A Hard Drive in Windows 10 [2021 New]

Applies to: Make, create or manage hard drive partitions for free in Windows 8.1/8/7/XP/Vista and even Windows Server computers.

2 Reliable Ways toВ Partition a Hard Drive in Windows 10

Are you looking for a reliable solution to create a partition or make a partition in Windows 10/8/7? On this page, we collected two practical solutions to help you partition a hard drive in Windows 10 for free.В

Method 1.В Partition a Hard Drive with Disk Management

TIP: the coming solutions are also applicable to the question «how to partition C drive in Windows 10 without formatting». Just replace the target drive in the example with the C drive.

Step 1.В Right-clickВ theВ WindowsВ icon,В thenВ clickВ DiskВ Management.

Please check if you have unallocated space on your computer disk. If you don’t,В follow our guide step-by-step. If you do, you can directly jump to Step 4 and continue.

Step 2. Right-click the hard disk partition that you want to shrink, and select «Shrink Volume».

Step 3. Enter the amount of space you want to shrink in MB, then click on the «Shrink» button.

Wait for the process to complete, you’ll get an unallocatedВ volume.В

Step 4. Right-click on the unallocated space on your hard disk, and then select «New Simple Volume».

Step 5. In the New Simple Volume Wizard interface, click «Next».

Step 6. Enter the size of the volume you want to create in MB or accept the default size, and then select «Next».

Step 7.В Accept the default drive letter or choose a different letter for the partition, and then select «Next».

Step 8. Set the default file system as NTFS and click «Next» to format the volume.

Step 9.В Click «Finish» to complete creating a new partition in Windows 10.

Method 2. CreateВ PartitionВ in Windows 10 viaВ EaseUSВ Free Partition Manager

To some beginners, partition hard drive using Disk Management in Windows 10 is a bit complex. AВ more intelligent solution is to turn to third-partyВ free partition manager software likeВ EaseUS Partition Master Free for help.

Download EaseUS partition manager and apply it toВ create partitions in Windows 10 now:

EaseUS Partition Master Free

• Support creating, shrinking, extending, merging, moving partitions for free.В
• Support disk surface test, converting file system, formatting/deleting volumes.
• Support cloningВ hard drive,В migratingВ OS to HDD/SSD, partition recovery. (Advanced Features)

Steps toВ Partition Hard Drive (and Make Partitions)В in Windows 10 with EaseUS Partition Master:В

Step 1. Check for free space

To divide a disk partition into multiple ones, you must ensure that there has adequate free space to be allotted.

Step 2. Shrink a disk partition to create unallocated space

By doing so, start with the «Resize/Move» feature. Right-click on a partition with a lot free space and select «Resize/Move»

Drag either end of the partition rightwards or leftwards so you can shrink its size as the red arrow does, in order to get ample unallocated space. You can visually know how much space you’ve decreased in the «Partition size» area. Click «OK».

At last, you need to click the «Execute xx Operation» on the top menu and then «Apply» to save all the changes. Go back on the main window, there should be unallocated space appearing under the same disk of the shrinked one.

Step 3. Create a new partition on unallocated space

The last step is to turn the unallocated space into a usable partition drive with a recognized file system. Right-click on the unallocated space and choose «Create. «.

Customize the partition information by choosing a drive letter, partition label, file system (NTFS, FAT32, EXT2. )В and many more settings in the Advanced Settings. Click «OK».

Finally, cick «Apply» to confirm that you want to create a partition on the unallocated space. Repeat the whole steps to partition a hard drive in many more partitions.

Video Tutorial: More TipsВ to Partition a Hard Drive in Windows 10:

For more disk partition tips,В follow this video tutorial and useВ EaseUS free partition manager to partition a hard drive in Windows 10, including extending, shirking, creating, deleting, etc.В on your own.В

BonusВ Tips: HowВ To FormatВ Partition (Volume) in Windows 10

If you need to format an existing partition or changeВ the volume format to a new file system, try the following steps:В

Step 1. Press Windows + R keys to open the Run box, typeВ diskmgmt.msc, and hit Enter.

Step 2. Right-click the volume that you want to format, and then select «Format».

Step 3. To format the volume with the default settings (as NTFS), in the Format dialog box, select «OK», and then select «OK» again.

Advantages of Disk Partition in Windows 10

To most Windows users, only very few of them know the necessity and advantages of makingВ disk partitions in Windows 10/8/7. Check out the advantages of partition a hard drive on your computer.В

Advantages of Partition a Hard Drive vs. Disadvantages of Not PartitionВ Hard Drive

Advantages	Disadvantages
ManageВ data in a clean and logical way: create disk partitions as OS partition, personal data volume, and media drive, etc. GuaranteeВ data safety: isolate system files from personal data, protect dataВ fromВ OS crashingВ or system failure error.В	Endanger data easily with only one drive due toВ OS failure or reinstallation, virus infection error.В Way too complex to find and manage files with everything saved inВ one drive.

How Many Partitions Can You Make On a Hard Drive:В

• On MBR disk, you can create maximumly 4 partitions in total — 3 primary partitions + 1 extended partition, or 4 primary partitions.
• On GPT disk, you can create as many partitions withВ no limitation for the number of partitions.
• For MBR users who wish to make five partitions or more, you need to convert MBR to GPT.В

Go andВ Partition Hard Drive in Windows 10, MakeВ Use Of Your Drive NowВ

On this page, we discussedВ how to partition a hard drive in Windows 10. Based on the needs, we introduced two commonly used disk partitioning tools for Windows 10 users, including Windows Disk Management and EaseUS Partition Master Free.

As for beginners, free partition manager software — EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition is more flexible and advisable for partitioning hard drive in Windows 10/8/7.

In the end, we also talked about the necessity of disk partition. WeВ suggest that all of you Windows users take steps to make partitions on your computer so as to manage your OS data, personal documents, and other programs in a safe and sound manner.В В