Disk Management Access in Windows 7 and Windows 8

Disk Management Access in Windows 7 and Windows 8 is easier to understand when the core ideas are paired with practical examples. The sections below explain the topic clearly, highlight useful steps, and point out details that can prevent common errors.

Disk Management is a powerful hard drive capacity management tool in Windows. Not only that, it also manages all other storage devices such as: Floppy disks, flash disks.

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Access Disk Management on Windows 7

Follow these steps to open Disk Management on Windows 7:

Click Start and select Control Panel.

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Select Next System and Security> Administrative Tools .

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In case of displaying different View by , you can choose Administrative Tools directly .

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Continue to select Computer Management.

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Click Disk Managemet in the Storage menu on the left. At this point, all the drives in your computer will show details in the middle of the Computer Management window .

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Access Disk Management on Windows 8

To access Disk Management in Windows 8, you can follow the same steps as Windows 7. Or simply, simply right-click on the bottom left corner of Windows 8's desktop or press the combination. Windows + X key to select Disk Management.

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