To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.
Hard disk drives have advanced in capacity along a path roughly parallel to the well-known semiconductor premise.
You can partition a hard drive in Windows 10 to create dedicated portions of the hard drive that your computer will recognize separately.
Hard disk drives (or spinning rust as they are fondly referred to) are your best bet if you want to have terabytes of storage ...