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. partizioak of a hard drive are referred to as Unitate 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!
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Why Create Partitions on the Hard Drive?
Sortzea puntuazioak 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 hiru zatiketa zure disko gogorrean.
- One for the Windows sistema eragilea
- The second one for your programak such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your fitxategi pertsonalak such as documents, media, and so on.
Ohar: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB edo 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. Egin klik gainean Bilatu ikonoa eta idatzi Disko Kudeaketa.
2. Ondoren, egin klik Ireki egiteko Sortu eta formateatu disko gogorreko partizioak, erakusten den moduan.
3. In the Disko Kudeaketa 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 Gidatzea you want to shrink.
Ohar: The selected drive will have lerro diagonalak highlighting the selection.
4. Egin klik eskuineko botoiarekin Selected drive (adibidez, Gidatu (D:)) and select Murriztu bolumena… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. In the Txikitu D: dialog box, input the Tamaina you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) eta egin klik gainean Shrink.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as librea la Tamaina 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 librea.
Ohar: The selected drive will have lerro diagonalak highlighting the selection.
2. Egin klik Bolumen sinple berria ... laster-menutik, erakusten den moduan.
3. In the Bolumenaren morroi berria, egin klik gainean hurrengo.
4. In the Bolumen tamaina sinplea window, enter the desired volume tamaina in MB, eta egin klik hurrengo.
5. Gainean Esleitu gidatzeko gutuna edo bidea screen, choose a Gutuna ra Assign the following drive letra drop-down menu. Then, click hurrengo, erakusten den moduan.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting Formatu hau bolumena hurrengo ezarpenekin aukerak.
- Fitxategi Sistema
- Esleitzeko unitatearen tamaina
- Bolumenaren etiketa
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume aukera.
7. Azkenik, egin klik Amaitu, irudikatu bezala.
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. Egin klik gainean Bilatu ikonoa eta idatzi Disko Kudeaketa.
2. Ondoren, hautatu Ireki aukera Sortu eta formateatu disko gogorreko partizioak, erakusten den moduan.
3. Aukeratu Gidatzea ezabatu nahi duzu.
Ohar: Make sure you have prepared a backup of data for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Delete Volume… testuinguru menuan.
5. Egin klik Bai in the Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. Ikusiko duzu Unallocated space with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. Egin klik eskuineko botoiarekin Gidatzea you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… behean azaltzen den moduan.
8. Egin klik hurrengo in the Extend Volume Wizard.
9. Orain, egin klik gainean hurrengo hurrengo pantailan.
10. Azkenik, egin klik Amaitu.
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