When you buy a new computer or connect a new hard drive to your computer, it usually comes with a single partition. However, it is always a good idea to have at least three partitions on your hard drive for a variety of reasons. The more partitions you have, the larger the capacity of your hard drive. Дяловете of a hard drive are referred to as Дискове in Windows and typically have a letter associated with it as an indicator. Hard Drive Partitions can be created, shrunk, or resized, among other things. We bring to you a perfect guide that will teach you how to partition hard disk drive in Windows 11. So, continue reading!
How to Partition Hard Disk Drive in Windows 11
Why Create Partitions on the Hard Drive?
Създаване прегради on a hard drive can be beneficial in a variety of ways.
- It is always best to keep the operating system and system files on a separate drive or partition. If you need to reset your computer, if you have your operating system on a separate drive, you can save all other data by simply formatting the drive where the operating system is installed.
- Aside from the above, installing apps and games on the same drive as your operating system will eventually slow down your computer. Hence, keeping the two separate would be ideal.
- Creating partitions with labels also aids in file organization.
Thus, we recommend you divide hard disk drive into several partitions.
How Many Disk Partitions Should be Made?
The number of partitions you should create on your hard drive is solely determined by the size of the hard drive you have installed on your computer. In general, it is recommended that you create три дяла на вашия твърд диск.
- One for the Windows операционната система
- The second one for your програми such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your лични файлове such as documents, media, and so on.
Забележка: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB или 256GB, you should not create any additional partitions. This is because it is recommended that your operating system be installed on a drive with a minimum capacity of 120-150GB.
On the other hand, if you’re working with a 500GB to 2TB hard drive, you can create as many hard drive partitions as you need.
To utilize space on your Windows PC, you can choose to use an external drive to store most of your data instead. Read our list of Best External Hard Drive for PC Gaming here.
How to Create & Modify Hard Disk Drive Partitions
The process of creating partitions on a hard drive is both, systematic and straightforward. It makes use of the built-in Disk Management tool. If your computer has two partitions, the File Explorer window will show two drives indicated by a letter and so on.
Step 1: Shrink Partition Drive to Create Unallocated Space
To successfully create a new drive or partition, you must first shrink an existing one to free up unallocated space. Your Hard Drive’s unallocated space cannot be used. To create partitions, they must be assigned as a new drive.
1. Кликнете върху Икона за търсене и вид Disk Management.
2. След това кликнете върху отворено за Създавайте и форматирайте дялове на твърдия диск, както е показано.
3. В Disk Management window, you will find information regarding existing disk partitions and drives installed on your PC named Disk 1, Disk 2, and so on. Click on the box representing the Карам you want to shrink.
Забележка: The selected drive will have диагонални линии highlighting the selection.
4. Щракнете с десния бутон върху Selected drive (например Drive (D:)) and select Намаляващ обем… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. В Shrink D: диалогов прозорец, въведете Размер you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) и кликнете върху Свиване.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as Неразпределена от Размер you chose in Step 5.
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Step 2: Create New Drive Partition From Unallocated Space
Here’s how to partition hard disk drive in Windows 11 by creating a new drive partition using unallocated space:
1. Right-click on the box labeled Неразпределена.
Забележка: The selected drive will have диагонални линии highlighting the selection.
2. Кликнете върху Нов прост обем ... from the context menu, as shown.
3. В New Simple Volume Wizard, кликнете върху Напред.
4. В Simple Volume Size window, enter the desired volume размер in MB, и кликнете върху Напред.
5. На Присвояване на писмо или път на устройство screen, choose a писмо от Assign the following drive писмо drop-down menu. Then, click Напред, както е показано.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting Формат този обем с GMT настройки опции.
- File System
- Размер разпределение единица
- Етикетът на тома
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume опция.
7. Накрая кликнете върху завършеност, както е изобразено.
You can see the newly added partition indicated by the assigned letter and space as chosen.
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How to Delete Drive to Increase the Size of Another Drive
In case, you feel system performance has slowed down or that you do not require any additional partition, you can choose to delete the partition as well. Here’s how to modify disk partition in Windows 11:
1. Кликнете върху Икона за търсене и вид Disk Management.
2. След това изберете отворено опция за Създавайте и форматирайте дялове на твърдия диск, както е показано.
3. Изберете Карам които искате да изтриете.
Забележка: Make sure you have prepared a архивиране на данни for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Изтриване на тома... от контекстното меню.
5. Кликнете върху Да в Изтрийте обикновен обем confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. Ще видите Неразпределено пространство with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. Щракнете с десния бутон върху Карам you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… както е показано по-долу.
8. Кликнете върху Напред в Удължи Wizard том.
9. Сега кликнете върху Напред на следващия екран.
10. Накрая кликнете върху завършеност.
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