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. ភាគថាស of a hard drive are referred to as ដ្រាយ 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?
បង្កើត ភាគ 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 បីភាគ នៅលើថាសរឹងរបស់អ្នក។
- One for the ប្រព័ន្ធប្រតិបត្តិការ Windows ប្រព័ន្ធប្រតិបត្តិការ
- The second one for your MMCC such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your ឯកសារផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន such as documents, media, and so on.
ចំណាំ: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB ឬ 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 ។ ចុចលើ ស្វែងរករូបតំណាង និងវាយ ការគ្រប់គ្រងថាស.
2. បន្ទាប់មកចុចលើ បើកទូលាយ សម្រាប់ បង្កើតនិងធ្វើទ្រង់ទ្រាយភាគថាសរឹង, ដូចដែលបានបង្ហាញ។
3 ។ ក្នុង ការគ្រប់គ្រងថាស 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 ដ្រាយ you want to shrink.
ចំណាំ: The selected drive will have បន្ទាត់អង្កត់ទ្រូង highlighting the selection.
ចុចកណ្ដុរស្ដាំលើប៊ូតុង Selected drive (ឧ Drive (D:)) and select Shrink Volume… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5 ។ ក្នុង Shrink D: dialog box, input the ទំហំ you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) ហើយចុចលើ បង្រួញ.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as មិនបានបែងចែក នៃ ទំហំ you chose in Step 5.
សូមអានផងដែរ: ជួសជុល៖ ថាសរឹងថ្មីមិនបង្ហាញក្នុងការគ្រប់គ្រងថាស
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 មិនបានបែងចែក.
ចំណាំ: The selected drive will have បន្ទាត់អង្កត់ទ្រូង highlighting the selection.
2 ។ ចុចលើ កម្រិតសំឡេងសាមញ្ញថ្មី… from the context menu, as shown.
3 ។ ក្នុង អ្នកជំនួយកម្រិតសំឡេងសាមញ្ញថ្មីចុចលើ បន្ទាប់.
4 ។ ក្នុង Simple Volume Size window, enter the desired volume ទំហំ in MBហើយចុចលើ។ បន្ទាប់.
5 ។ នៅលើ ចាត់ចែងលិខិតថាសឬផ្លូវ screen, choose a លិខិត ពី Assign the following drive លិខិត drop-down menu. Then, click បន្ទាប់, ដូចដែលបានបង្ហាញ។
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting ធ្វើទ្រង់ទ្រាយភាគនេះជាមួយនឹងការកំណត់ខាងក្រោម ជម្រើស។
- ប្រព័ន្ធឯកសារ
- ទំហំឯកតាបែងចែក
- ស្លាកកម្រិតសំឡេង
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume ជម្រើស។
7. ជាចុងក្រោយចុចលើ បញ្ចប់ដូចដែលបានបង្ហាញ។
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 ។ ចុចលើ ស្វែងរករូបតំណាង និងវាយ ការគ្រប់គ្រងថាស.
2. បន្ទាប់មកជ្រើសរើស បើកទូលាយ ជម្រើសសម្រាប់ បង្កើតនិងធ្វើទ្រង់ទ្រាយភាគថាសរឹង, ដូចដែលបានបង្ហាញ។
3 ។ ជ្រើសយក ដ្រាយ អ្នកចង់លុប។
ចំណាំ: 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 លុបកម្រិតសំឡេង... ពីម៉ឺនុយបរិបទ។
5 ។ ចុចលើ បាទ ក្នុង Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. អ្នកនឹងឃើញ Unallocated space with the size of the drive you deleted.
ចុចកណ្ដុរស្ដាំលើប៊ូតុង ដ្រាយ you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… ដូចដែលបានបង្ហាញខាងក្រោម។
8 ។ ចុចលើ បន្ទាប់ ក្នុង Extend Volume Wizard.
9. ឥឡូវចុចលើ បន្ទាប់ នៅលើអេក្រង់បន្ទាប់។
10. ជាចុងក្រោយចុចលើ បញ្ចប់.
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