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. برخې of a hard drive are referred to as چلول 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?
جوړول نمرې 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 درې برخې ستاسو په هارډ ډرایو کې.
- One for the Windows عملیاتي سیسټم
- The second one for your پروګرامونه such as software and games etc.
- The last partition for your شخصي فایلونه such as documents, media, and so on.
نوټ: If you have a small hard drive, such as 128GB یا 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. په کلیک وکړئ د لټون نښه او ډول د ډیسک اداره.
2. بیا، کلیک وکړئ د پرانیستې لپاره د هارډ ډیسک برخې جوړول او ب formatه کول، لکه څنګه چې ښودل شوي.
3. په د ډیسک اداره 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 ډرایو you want to shrink.
نوټ: The selected drive will have تریخ کرښې highlighting the selection.
4. په ښی کلیک وکړئ Selected drive (د مثال په توګه Drive (D:)) and select حجم کم کړئ… from the context menu, as illustrated below.
5. په Shrink D: dialog box, input the اندازه you want to separate from the existing drive in Megabytes (MB) او کلیک وکړئ ځړول.
6. After shrinking, you will see a newly created space on the disk labeled as نامعلومه د اندازه 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 نامعلومه.
نوټ: The selected drive will have تریخ کرښې highlighting the selection.
2. کلیک وکړه نوی ساده حجم ... from the context menu, as shown.
3. په نوی ساده حجم جادوګر، کلیک وکړه بل.
4. په Simple Volume Size window, enter the desired volume اندازه in MB، او کلیک وکړئ بل.
5. په د چلولو لیک یا لار وټاکئ screen, choose a لیک له Assign the following drive ليکه drop-down menu. Then, click بل، لکه څنګه چې ښودل شوي.
6A. Now, you can format the partition by selecting دا حجم د لاندې ترتیباتو سره شکل کړئ انتخابونه.
- د دوتنې سیسټم
- د تخصیص څانګې اندازه
- د حجم لیبل
6B. If you do not want to format partition, then select Do not format this volume انتخاب.
7. په پای کې، کلیک وکړئ فنلندلکه څنګه چې ښودل شوي.
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. په کلیک وکړئ د لټون نښه او ډول د ډیسک اداره.
2. بیا ، انتخاب کړئ د پرانیستې لپاره غوراوی د هارډ ډیسک برخې جوړول او ب formatه کول، لکه څنګه چې ښودل شوي.
3. غوره کړئ ډرایو تاسو غواړئ ړنګ کړئ
یادښت: Make sure you have prepared a د معلوماتو بیک اپ for the drive you want to delete on a different drive.
4. Right-click on the selected drive and select Delete Volume… د شرایطو مینو څخه.
5. کلیک وکړه هو په Delete simple volume confirmation prompt, as depicted.
6. تاسو به وګورئ نه تخصیص شوی ځای with the size of the drive you deleted.
7. په ښی کلیک وکړئ ډرایو you want to expand in size and select Extend Volume… لکه څنګه چې لاندې ښودل شوي.
8. کلیک وکړه بل په Extend Volume Wizard.
9. اوس، کلیک وکړئ بل په راتلونکې اسڪرين کې.
10. په پای کې، کلیک وکړئ فنلند.
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