To properly use a hard drive, you must make sure that you have partitioned the drive, then format the partitions at a high-level to ensure that each drive functions properly. A technician should be very well trained on the process if they are going to partition a hard drive. The computer views the partitions as a division in the hard drive where multiple drives can be used at once. The storage space is still the original size, but you can use the drives to organize more according to each file. Each portion partitioned gets assigned a different drive letter as well. Initially when the operating system is being installed you partition the hard drive and from then on you can access the drives form Windows Disk Management from right clicking the start button. Although a computer has other capacities to store means of memory, there are many benefits to partitioning the hard drive. For one, organizing the operating system is very convenient to jump from one application or group of specific data necessary in a quick manner. Another being it uses the hard drive to its best ability. There are a few common Window Files systems such as FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS that are used depending on which operating system is being installed on the drives.