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. Particións of a hard drive are referred to as Drive 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?
Creación puntuacións 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 tres particións no teu disco duro.
- One for the Windows sistema operativo
- The second one for your programas such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your arquivos persoais such as documents, media, and so on.
Nota: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB ou 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. Fai clic no botón Icona de busca e escribe Xestión de discos.
2. A continuación, fai clic en aberto para Crear e formatar particións do disco duro, como se mostra.
3. No Xestión de discos 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 Conducir you want to shrink.
Nota: The selected drive will have liñas diagonais highlighting the selection.
4. Fai clic co botón dereito no botón Selected drive (por exemplo: Drive (D:)) and select Reducir o volume... from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. No Encolle D: dialog box, input the tamaño you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) e faga clic en Shrink.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as Non asignado do tamaño you chose in Step 5.
Ler tamén: Solución: o novo disco duro non aparece na Xestión de discos
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 Non asignado.
Nota: The selected drive will have liñas diagonais highlighting the selection.
2. Prema en Novo volume sinxelo ... from the context menu, as shown.
3. No Novo asistente de volume simple, Prema en seguinte.
4. No Tamaño do volume simple window, enter the desired volume tamaño in MBE prema en seguinte.
5. No Asignar carta ou ruta de condución screen, choose a Carta de Assign the following drive carta drop-down menu. Then, click seguinte, como se mostra.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting Formatee este volume coa seguinte configuración opcións.
- Sistema de ficheiros
- Tamaño da unidade de asignación
- Etiqueta de volume
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume opción.
7. Finalmente, fai clic en Rematar, como se representa.
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. Fai clic no botón Icona de busca e escribe Xestión de discos.
2. A continuación, seleccione aberto opción para Crear e formatar particións do disco duro, como se mostra.
3. Seleccione o Conducir quere eliminar.
Nota: Make sure you have prepared a copia de seguridade dos datos for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Eliminar volume... dende o menú contextual.
5. Prema en si no Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. Verás Espazo non asignado with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. Fai clic co botón dereito no botón Conducir you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… como se ilustra a continuación.
8. Prema en seguinte no Amplia o Asistente de volume.
9. Agora, fai clic en seguinte na seguinte pantalla.
10. Finalmente, fai clic en Rematar.
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