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. पत्रक of a hard drive are referred to as ड्राइव्ह 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!
विंडोज 11 मध्ये हार्ड डिस्क ड्राइव्हचे विभाजन कसे करावे
Why Create Partitions on the Hard Drive?
तयार करत आहे विभाजने 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 विभाजने तुमच्या हार्ड ड्राइव्हवर.
- One for the विंडोज ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम
- The second one for your कार्यक्रम such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your वैयक्तिक फाइल्स such as documents, media, and so on.
टीप: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB किंवा 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. वर क्लिक करा शोध चिन्ह आणि टाइप करा डिस्क व्यवस्थापन.
2. नंतर, वर क्लिक करा ओपन साठी हार्ड डिस्क विभाजने तयार करा आणि स्वरूपित करा, दाखविल्या प्रमाणे.
3. मध्ये डिस्क व्यवस्थापन 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 ड्राइव्ह you want to shrink.
टीप: The selected drive will have कर्णरेषा highlighting the selection.
4. वर राइट-क्लिक करा Selected drive (उदा ड्राइव्ह (डी:)) and select आवाज कमी करा... from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. मध्ये Shrink D: dialog box, input the आकार you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) वर क्लिक करा संकोच.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as अनावश्यक या 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 अनावश्यक.
टीप: The selected drive will have कर्णरेषा highlighting the selection.
2 वर क्लिक करा नवीन साधे व्हॉल्यूम ... संदर्भ मेनूमधून, दाखवल्याप्रमाणे.
3. मध्ये नवीन सोपी वॉल्यूम विझार्ड, वर क्लिक करा पुढे.
4. मध्ये Simple Volume Size window, enter the desired volume आकार in MBक्लिक करा पुढे.
5. वर ड्राइव्ह लेटर किंवा पथ नियुक्त करा screen, choose a पत्र आरोग्यापासून Assign the following drive पत्र drop-down menu. Then, click पुढे, दाखविल्या प्रमाणे.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting या व्हॉल्यूमला खालील सेटिंग्जसह स्वरूपित करा पर्याय
- फाइल सिस्टम
- वाटप एकक आकार
- खंड लेबल
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume पर्याय.
Finally. शेवटी, यावर क्लिक करा समाप्त, चित्रित केल्याप्रमाणे.
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. वर क्लिक करा शोध चिन्ह आणि टाइप करा डिस्क व्यवस्थापन.
2. नंतर, निवडा ओपन साठी पर्याय हार्ड डिस्क विभाजने तयार करा आणि स्वरूपित करा, दाखविल्या प्रमाणे.
3. निवडा ड्राइव्ह आपण हटवू इच्छित आहात.
टीप: Make sure you have prepared a डेटाचा बॅकअप for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Delete Volume… संदर्भ मेनूतून.
5 वर क्लिक करा होय मध्ये Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. You will see Unallocated space with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. वर राइट-क्लिक करा ड्राइव्ह you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… खाली चित्रित केल्याप्रमाणे.
8 वर क्लिक करा पुढे मध्ये Extend Volume Wizard.
एक्सएनयूएमएक्स. आता यावर क्लिक करा पुढे पुढील स्क्रीनवर.
Finally. शेवटी, यावर क्लिक करा समाप्त.
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