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. विभाजन of a hard drive are referred to as ड्राइव 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!
विंडोज़ 11 में हार्ड डिस्क ड्राइव का विभाजन कैसे करें
Why Create Partitions on the Hard Drive?
बनाना बीसियों 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 तीन विभाजन आपकी हार्ड ड्राइव पर।
- One for the Windows ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम
- The second one for your कार्यक्रमों such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your व्यक्तिगत फाइलें such as documents, media, and so on.
नोट: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB या 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। पर क्लिक करें खोज आइकन और प्रकार डिस्क प्रबंधन.
2. फिर, पर क्लिक करें प्रारंभिक एसटी हार्ड डिस्क विभाजन बनाएं और प्रारूपित करें, के रूप में दिखाया।
3। में डिस्क प्रबंधन 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 चलाना you want to shrink.
नोट: The selected drive will have विकर्ण रेखाएँ highlighting the selection.
4. पर राइट-क्लिक करें Selected drive (उदाहरण के लिए ड्राइव (डी:)) and select आवाज कम करना… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5। में डी सिकोड़ें: संवाद बॉक्स, इनपुट करें आकार you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) और पर क्लिक करें झिझक.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as आवंटित नहीं की गई का आकार 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 आवंटित नहीं की गई.
नोट: The selected drive will have विकर्ण रेखाएँ highlighting the selection.
2. पर क्लिक करें नया सरल आयतन… संदर्भ मेनू से, जैसा दिखाया गया है।
3। में नई साधारण वॉल्यूम जादूगर, पर क्लिक करें अगला.
4। में सरल मात्रा का आकार window, enter the desired volume आकार in MB, और पर क्लिक करें अगला.
5। पर ड्राइव पत्र या पथ असाइन करें screen, choose a पत्र से Assign the following drive पत्र drop-down menu. Then, click अगला, के रूप में दिखाया।
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting जीएमटी सेटिंग्स के साथ इस मात्रा को प्रारूपित विकल्प.
- संचिका तंत्र
- आवंटन इकाई आकार
- वॉल्यूम लेबल
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume विकल्प.
7. अंत में, पर क्लिक करें अंत, वर्णित जैसे।
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। पर क्लिक करें खोज आइकन और प्रकार डिस्क प्रबंधन.
2. फिर, चुनें प्रारंभिक के लिए विकल्प हार्ड डिस्क विभाजन बनाएं और प्रारूपित करें, के रूप में दिखाया।
3. चयन चलाना आप हटाना चाहते हैं
नोट: 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… संदर्भ मेनू से
5. पर क्लिक करें हाँ में Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. आप देखेंगे Unallocated अंतरिक्ष with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. पर राइट-क्लिक करें चलाना you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… जैसा कि नीचे दर्शाया गया है।
8. पर क्लिक करें अगला में वॉल्यूम जादूगर बढ़ाएँ.
9. अब, पर क्लिक करें अगला अगली स्क्रीन पर।
10. अंत में, पर क्लिक करें अंत.
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