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https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/pcmatic-fallback.png19201080Howdy and Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. The past week has seen more questions on drives and boot problems so I decided to take a good look at Windows Disk Management. Disk Management has always been a good utility, but starting with Vista and continuing into Windows 7, it has become a powerful and simple way to format and partition drives. You can manage the drive your booting from, or you can format and partition new drives for later installations and use. Let's take a look at this weeks question and see where it takes us.