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. Wanden of a hard drive are referred to as Schijven 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?
Wij creëren scores 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 drie partities op uw harde schijf.
- een voor de Dakramen en raamkozijnen besturingssysteem
- The second one for your programma's such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your persoonlijke bestanden such as documents, media, and so on.
Opmerking: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB of 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. Klik op het Zoek icoon en het type disk beheer.
2. Klik vervolgens op Openen For Aanmaken en formatteren van partities op de harde schijf, zoals getoond.
3. In de disk beheer 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.
Opmerking: The selected drive will have diagonale lijnen highlighting the selection.
4. Klik met de rechtermuisknop op de Selected drive (bv Drive (D:)) and select Krimp volume… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. In de Krimp D: dialoogvenster, voer de . in Maat you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) en klik op Krimpen.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as Niet-toegewezen van de Maat 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 Niet-toegewezen.
Opmerking: The selected drive will have diagonale lijnen highlighting the selection.
2. Klik op Nieuw eenvoudig volume ... from the context menu, as shown.
3. In de New Simple Volume Wizard, Klik op Volgende.
4. In de Eenvoudige volumegrootte window, enter the desired volume grootte in MBen klik op Volgende.
5. Op de Wijs een stationsletter of pad toe screen, choose a Letter oppompen van Assign the following drive letter drop-down menu. Then, click Volgende, zoals getoond.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting Formatteren dit volume met de GMT-instellingen opties.
- File System
- size Allocation unit
- Volume label
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume optie.
7. Klik ten slotte op Finish, zoals afgebeeld.
You can see the newly added partition indicated by the assigned letter and space as chosen.
Lees ook: 3 Ways to Check if a Disk Uses MBR or GPT Partition in Windows 10
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. Klik op het Zoek icoon en het type disk beheer.
2. Selecteer vervolgens Openen optie voor Aanmaken en formatteren van partities op de harde schijf, zoals getoond.
3. Selecteer de Drive je wilt verwijderen.
Note: Make sure you have prepared a back-up van gegevens for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Delete Volume… vanuit het contextmenu.
5. Klik op Ja in de Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. Je zult het zien Niet-toegewezen ruimte with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. Klik met de rechtermuisknop op de Drive you want to expand in size and select Volume uitbreiden ... zoals hieronder afgebeeld.
8. Klik op Volgende in de Extend Volume Wizard.
9. Klik nu op Volgende op het volgende scherm.
10. Klik ten slotte op Finish.
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