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The previous chapter looked at the two different disk partition styles (MBR and GPT) supported by Windows Server 2008 , and the steps necessary to perform a diswk disk initialization. Once the initialized, the next step is to create the partitions or volumes on the disk and then format them with the appropriate file systems type (FAT, FAT32 or NTFS).
In this chapter we will cover the steps involved in creating partitions and assigning drive letters and mount points on a basic disk initialized with the MBR partition style. The chapter will then cover management topics such as shrinking and extending existing partitions and volumes. For details on performing these tasks on a GPT basic disk read the chapter entitled [[Creating and Managing GPT Disk Partitions on Windows Server 2008 Basic Disks]].
