How to create partition on computer or laptop running on windows

How to create partition on computer or laptop running on windows

In this tutorial I will show you how to partition on computer hard drive without using any software. You can do partition on window 10 hard disk, windows 8 hard disc or windows 7 hard disk.

When you buy a new laptop or computer usually they come with only one hard disk partition named as “C”. but we would like to have more than one partition so we can place personal files separate from windows files.

 There could be some hidden partitions on the hard disk such as the "Recovery Partition" and some manufacturer specific partitions for system recovery and tools etc. if your computer came with a single accessible partition, you might want to create more partitions.

Firstly you might want to know what is hard disk partition?

Hard disk partitioning as the name indicates is the process of dividing a hard disk into partitions or logical disks on the same physical hard disk and treat each partition as a separate disk. Each of the partitions on the hard drive is treated by the computer as if they were different physical disk with it's own label.

Let us start with windows 10 first

Windows 10

To create partition in windows 10 follow the steps given below:

• Right click on this PC and select manage
• After selecting manage, a pop up will appear where you will see disk management, click on it.
• Select the disk from which you want to make a partition.
• Right click the Un-partitioned space in the bottom pane and select New Simple Volume
• Enter the size in MB and click next and you will get a new partition.

Windows 8 and 8.1

To create a partition in windows 8 or 8.1 fllow the steps given below.

• Hold the Windows key on your keyboard and press R
• This will launch the Run the utility. Type diskmgmt.msc inside the text box and press Enter. This will open the Windows Disk Management utility
• To create unallocated space, you need to shrink your hard drive. When you shrink your hard disk, the remaining space becomes unallocated
• To do this, right-click your main drive and select Shrink Volume
• Now you need to enter the amount you want to shrink the hard disk by in megabytes
• After the Shrink is done, you will then see the region of unallocated space (shaded black). Remember, this space is not yet usable
• Right-click the region of unallocated space and select New Simple Volume
• This will launch the New Simple Volume Wizard. This will guide you through the installation process
• Assign the disk a drive letter. You can choose any drive letter that is not currently in use 
• Select a file system for the disk. The file system is basically the type of format or foundation"the storage device has. If you plan on installing a Windows OS to the partition select the NTFS file system
• Name the partition in the Volume Label text box. You can choose any name for your partition 
• Now click Finish to create the new partition.

WINDOWS 7

To create a partition in windows 7 follow the steps given below:

• Go to start button and open computer management. Then go to “control panel” then “system and security” after that go to “administrative tools” and then double click on computer management.
• In the left pane, under Storage, select Disk Management
• Right-click an unallocated region on your hard disk, and then select New Simple Volume
• In the New Simple Volume Wizard, select Next
• Enter the size of the volume you want to create in megabytes (MB) or accept the maximum default size, and then select Next
• Accept the default drive letter or choose a different drive letter to identify the partition, and then select Next
• In the Format Partition dialog box, do one of the following:

1. If you don't want to format the volume right now, select Do not format this volume, and then select Next
2. To format the volume with the default settings, select Next

• In the end select Finish and your partition is ready.

WINDOWS VISTA

To create a partition in VISTA follow the steps given below: 

• Right Click on Computer and select Manage 
• From the Disk Management module you will find the disk that holds the partition listed in the gray area of the bottom of the Window
• Right click on the partition and select Shrink Volume. It will query for available free space then submit the size that is available to shrink the partition by. Then in an open field it will provide space for you to type the amount you would like to shrink the partition by.
• Once you have entered the amount you want to shrink the volume by, select Shrink
• It will take a while for it to shrink that partition, and when it does it will leave Unallocated Space that you can make a new partition out of
• To make the new partition out of the Unallocated Space, right click on that Space and select New Simple Volume. Follow the wizard in creating the partition size, drive letter, format volume until the process is complete.

This is how you can create new partitions on computer or laptop. I hope this article will help you.