access NTFS

I use ntfsprogs provided by project linux-ntfs to access NTFS file system. On debian:

$ aptitude install ntfsprogs

Create NTFS partition:

$ fdisk -l # show hard drive devices
$ mkntfs -C -L label_name /dev/sda2332 # create NTFS partition

Mount NTFS to read and write (to be sure directory /media/ntfs existing):

$ ntfsmount /dev/sda2332 /media/ntfs -o locale=be_BY.UTF-8

Unmount NTFS:

$ fusermount -u /media/ntfs

Please see manual of ntfsprogs tools

harddrive partition

Of course cfdisk may be more universal one, but gparted provides NTFS support.
Enable GParted to create FAT32 PartitionInstall package dosfstools:

$ aptitude install dosfstools

If you need to format a hard drive to NTFS, you also assure package ntfsprogs installed. This is a cluster of NTFS tools, including creating NTFS file system and access tool. You may refer ntfsmount project.