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.

How to group or un-group icons from window 10 start screen:

This is a very simple blog on how to group or un-group icons. If you are having problem on grouping or ungrouping icons just follow the instruction and you will be able to group or ungroup icons from your windows 10 start screen.

How to group icons on the Windows 10 Start Screen:

If you want,you can also group similar programs in the Windows Start screen.

 To group icons,follow instructions given below:

1.  Press Windows key on the keyboard to show the Start screen
2. Left-Click on the program and drag the icon on top of another 
3. The two programs are then grouped.

Similarly, you may add more program in the same group or create separate groups based on requirement.

How to un-group icons on the Windows 10 Start Screen:

To create a group, you simply dragged program on top of another and it is group. However, if you grouped programs by mistake, you will be surprised that you cannot drag the program out of the group that easily. There are no menus other than tile resize.

To un-group, follow the instruction given below:

1. Press Windows key on the keyboard
2. Type the name of the program you want to take out of the grouped icons.
3. Once the program is found, right-click on the program and click "Unpin from Start". 
4. This will remove the program from the group on the Start screen.
5. Repeat the process - find more applications you want to ungroup. Right-click on the program and click "Unpin from Start". 
6. This will remove the program from the group on the Start screen.
7. When the last items is also Unpinned, the empty group will also be removed from Start Screen.

 After all the programs are Unpinned from Start Menu , the group will be destroyed. You can then group icons together by dragging one program on top of another.

How to Add and Remove Program Icons From Taskbar- Pin/unpin – Windows 10

In this post we are going to talk about how to add or remove program or icons from your taskbar. This process is called pinning or unpinning of icons from your taskbar.

How to remove program icons from Windows 10 Start screen:

  There are many icons that you might not use and want to get rid of them because they are taking up space. All you have to do is follow instruction given below.

To remove a program icon from Windows Start screen:

1. Press Windows key on the keyboard to show the Start screen
2. Right click on the application you want to remove from the Start Menu.
3. Click on "Unpin from Start"

unpin icons

This will remove the icon from the Windows Start screen making space for other icons you may want to add and display on the Windows Start Screen. There may be some apps which you can directly uninstall. Right-click on the program and click on Uninstall.

How to add program icons to Windows 10 Start screen:

After removing icons you might want to add new icons that are important to you. To do that you have to follow instruction below.

To add a program icon from Windows Start screen:

1. Press Windows key on the keyboard to show the Start screen
2. Search for any program you want to display on the start screen by typing the name of the program
3. Right click on the application you want to add to the Start Menu.
4. Click on "Pin to Start"

pin icons

This will add the icon to the Windows Start screen and you can quickly access it when required.