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Partitioning a Hard Drive Disk
DIR By: LuckVintage
Date: November 19, 2017, 4:43 pm
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How to Partition a Hard Disk Drive
Disk partitioning is to divide the hard drive into multiple
logical units. People don’t often choose to partition their hard
disks, but it has many benefits. Mainly, by partitioning your
disk, you can separate your operating system from your data and
does reduce the chances of your data becoming corrupted.
Step 1: Opening the Setting
Before we can get into the more technical side of hard drives,
we first need to access the correct application. We can do this
on most operating systems by clicking on the START button and
then searching "Computer Management" or just simply "Partition"
e.c.t.
Step 2: Accessing the Disk Management tool
Now we need to select the correct tool for this application. On
the left-hand side of the screen, you will see a long list of
about 11 settings. You should click on the tool named "Disk
Management" Depending on which operating system you are using,
this may vary.
Step 3: Shrinking the Volume
This step is critical to get correct. The amount of space you
need to shrink varies on what you are planning on using the new
drive for. E.G. If you are going to install Windows 7 on to that
partition, You should shrink your volume by no less than 60GB.
If you have not done this before, you should only see one drive.
This will be called the "C" Drive. All of the files in order to
run your operating system are stored here. There may also be a
partition named System Reserved. It is not recommended that you
alter this partition at all. It contains system backups for if
you computer cannot start. You now need to right click on the
Square with the letter "C" on it. Click the button that says
"Shrink Volume" (Or something on the lines of that.) You will
now be presented with a dialogue box. You should now enter an
amount in the box that says "Enter the amount of space to shrink
in MB" You now have to be extremely careful with this part. Use
Google for a GB to MB conversion tool if you are not sure on how
to convert these types. Once you are happy with this, click on
shrink. Remember that you CANNOT shrink the volume greater than
the amount of space indicated in the size of available shrink
space in MB section
Step 4: Creating a new volume
You should now see a new unallocated partition in your Disk
Management window. You now need to right-click on the
unallocated partition and select the new simple volume option.
This is where you will create the new drive using the space you
have just shrank. You now need to click on the NEXT button at
the bottom of the dialogue window. You now need to enter the
amount of space you wish to allocate to the new drive. You
should use the amount of space you shrank in the last step.
Remember that You cannot make your new volume larger than the
maximum amount of memory available. You now need to click the
NEXT button. You will now be taken to a dialogue box that
indicated you to assign a drive letter. This step is now too
important, but however it can be seen in the Disk Management
section as well as the MY Computer / PC menu. Click NEXT and
then click NEXT again. You will now be shown a summary page of
what you have just selected. If you are happy with the settings
you chose, hit FINISH. If you wish to change these settings, you
can hit BACK at any time.
You have successfully created a new partition for your computer.
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