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. Partitions of a hard drive are referred to as Drives 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?
tsim cov qhab nia 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 peb partitions ntawm koj lub hard drive.
- One for the lub qhov rais operating system
- The second one for your cov kev pab cuam such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your tus kheej cov ntaub ntawv such as documents, media, and so on.
Nco ntsoov: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB los 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. Nyem ntawm qhov Tshawb nrhiav thiab hom Disk Management.
2. Ces, nyem rau Qhib rau Tsim thiab format hard disk partitions, raws li qhia.
3. Hauv 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 Drive you want to shrink.
Nco ntsoov: The selected drive will have kab kab pheeb ces kaum highlighting the selection.
4. Txoj cai-nias rau ntawm Selected drive (xws li Drive (D:)) and select Shrink Volume… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. Hauv Shrink D: dialog box, input the loj you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) thiab nyem rau ntawm Ntsws.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as Unallocated ntawm lub loj 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 Unallocated.
Nco ntsoov: The selected drive will have kab kab pheeb ces kaum highlighting the selection.
2. Nias rau Tshiab Yooj Yim Volume ... from the context menu, as shown.
3. Hauv Tshiab Yooj Yim Volume Wizard, nyem rau Tom ntej no.
4. Hauv Simple Volume Size window, enter the desired volume loj in MB, thiab nias rau Tom ntej no.
5. Ntawm qhov Muab Daim Ntawv Tsav Tsheb los sis Kev Tshawb Pom screen, choose a Tsab ntawv los ntawm Assign the following drive Daim ntawv drop-down menu. Then, click Tom ntej no, raws li qhia.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting Format this volume nrog cov nram qab no qhov chaw xaiv.
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6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume kev xaiv.
7. Thaum kawg, nyem rau ntawm Tag, raws li tau piav qhia.
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. Nyem ntawm qhov Tshawb nrhiav thiab hom Disk Management.
2. Tom qab ntawd, xaiv Qhib kev xaiv rau Tsim thiab format hard disk partitions, raws li qhia.
3. Xaiv qhov Drive koj xav rho tawm.
Ceeb toom: 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… los ntawm cov ntawv qhia zaub mov.
5. Nias rau Yog nyob rau hauv lub Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. Koj yuav pom Unallocated space with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. Txoj cai-nias rau ntawm Drive you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… raws li tau piav qhia hauv qab no.
8. Nias rau Tom ntej no nyob rau hauv lub Extend Volume Wizard.
9. Tam sim no, nyem rau Tom ntej no ntawm qhov screen tom ntej.
10. Thaum kawg, nyem rau ntawm Tag.
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