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. パーティション of a hard drive are referred to as ドライブ 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?
作成 パーティション 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 XNUMXつのパーティション あなたのハードドライブに。
- XNUMXつは Windows オペレーティングシステム
- The second one for your プログラム such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your 個人ファイル such as documents, media, and so on.
注: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GBまたは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。 クリックしてください 検索アイコン とタイプ ディスク管理.
2.次に、をクリックします Open for ハードディスクパーティションの作成とフォーマット、図のように。
3。 の中に ディスク管理 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.
注: The selected drive will have 斜線 highlighting the selection.
4.を右クリックします Selected drive (例えば Drive (D:)) and select 縮小ボリューム… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5。 の中に シュリンクD: ダイアログ ボックスで、 サイズ you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) をクリックして 縮小する.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as 未割り当て サイズ 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 未割り当て.
注: The selected drive will have 斜線 highlighting the selection.
2。 クリック 新しいシンプルボリューム... from the context menu, as shown.
3。 の中に 新しいシンプルボリュームウィザード Next.
4。 の中に 単純なボリュームサイズ window, enter the desired volume サイズ in MB、をクリックします Next.
5。 上の ドライブ文字またはパスを割り当てる screen, choose a 手紙 から Assign the following drive 手紙 drop-down menu. Then, click Next、図のように。
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting GMTの設定でこのボリュームをフォーマット オプション。
- ファイルシステム
- アロケーションユニットサイズ
- ボリュームラベル
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select このボリュームをフォーマットしないでください オプションを選択します。
7.最後に、をクリックします 終了、示されているように。
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。 クリックしてください 検索アイコン とタイプ ディスク管理.
2.次に、を選択します Open のオプション ハードディスクパーティションの作成とフォーマット、図のように。
3。 選択します Drive あなたは削除したい。
Note: Make sure you have prepared a データのバックアップ for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Delete Volume… コンテキストメニューから選択します。
5。 クリック 有り セクションに Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6.表示されます 未割り当て領域 with the size of the drive you deleted.
7.を右クリックします Drive you want to expand in size and select ボリュームを拡張… 以下に示すように。
8。 クリック Next セクションに ボリュームウィザードを拡張.
9。 今すぐクリックして Next 次の画面で
10.最後に、をクリックします 終了.
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