You can partition C drive in Windows 11/10 without formatting using Shrink Volume or Diskpart command line & create a new partition out of it. Learn the procedure here.

The "format" command is essentially a hard drive eraser. It will wipe the hard drive clean, removing your business information and allowing you to discard old drives you no longer need.

I wish to eliminate all traces of my previous applications from a hard drive without formatting the drive.Are there any applications that write data over empty areas in an hd to clear previous ...