[How To] Partition a Hard Disk Drive in Windows without any software
We have discussed a lot about Partitioning a hard drive and the partitioning the hard drives in the following posts:
First of all open "Run" by pressing Windows Key + R (You may use any other method, it will be better to explain it later!). In the run box type "diskmgmt.msc" without quotes. (See the image)
After hitting "OK" you can watch the "Disk Management" window.
Now if you have brand new hard drive, you may have a default partition in it. Just right click on it and select "Shrink Volume".
After clicking "Shrink Volume", you may have to wait for 2-3 minutes, then you will be prompted with this window.
Now select the size of the partition and enter in the text box. You cannot shrink volume grater than the available shrink volume size. (To convert GBs into MBs, just multiply it with 1024. E.g, for 50GB, I will enter 50x1024=51200MB).
After entering the value, click shrink and wait. Now you will see the unallocated space after the drive you want to partition.
Now, right click on that unallocated space and select "New Simple Volume"
Now, you will see the following window.
Click next and assign the desired drive letter from the drop down menu.
Now click next,
Now, without changing anything, click next.
Now click finish, and you are done! Now autoplay will run that partition, you can also see it in a disk management window....You are done!
Enjoy Computing!
Also see EASEUS Partition Master is a great free-to-use Disk Partitioning Utility
- All you want to know about Hard Drive Partitions
- How to determine the sizes of the partitions of Hard Drive [Partitioning Strategy]
- EASEUS Partition Master is a great free-to-use Disk Partitioning Utility
First of all open "Run" by pressing Windows Key + R (You may use any other method, it will be better to explain it later!). In the run box type "diskmgmt.msc" without quotes. (See the image)
Now if you have brand new hard drive, you may have a default partition in it. Just right click on it and select "Shrink Volume".
After clicking "Shrink Volume", you may have to wait for 2-3 minutes, then you will be prompted with this window.
Now select the size of the partition and enter in the text box. You cannot shrink volume grater than the available shrink volume size. (To convert GBs into MBs, just multiply it with 1024. E.g, for 50GB, I will enter 50x1024=51200MB).
After entering the value, click shrink and wait. Now you will see the unallocated space after the drive you want to partition.
Now, right click on that unallocated space and select "New Simple Volume"
Now, you will see the following window.
Click next and assign the desired drive letter from the drop down menu.
Now click next,
Now, without changing anything, click next.
Now click finish, and you are done! Now autoplay will run that partition, you can also see it in a disk management window....You are done!
Enjoy Computing!
Also see EASEUS Partition Master is a great free-to-use Disk Partitioning Utility
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