How to partition a Windows 10 hard drive – Hard disk partitioning can make it easier for you to share folders. We will know how to partition a Windows 10 hard drive for those of you who have been loyal to Sixthgameon from the beginning until now. For those of you who have just bought a hard drive or have just bought a new computer, partitioning the hard drive will make your computer tidier. For example, by dividing the hard drive for the operating system with other folders such as games, you can easily manage where to install the latest applications.
For those of you who don't understand what a partition is, a partition is a hard disk division according to what you need, for example: if you install a 2 TB hard drive on your computer (generally manufacturers don't give a full 2 TB for the total amount of storage, and usually only give 1 ,8 or 1.9 TB.), you can divide the contents of your hard drive into 3 parts; 1TB, 500GB, and 400GB. These partitions will be divided into local disk (C:) (usually the place where the operating system is installed, data (D:), and data (E:). You can separate your data such as work or games between the two hard disk partitions. other than the local disk so as not to mix with the operating system.
To divide or partition the hard drive is not difficult. You can also partition your hard drive not only when installing Windows, but also when you are operating your computer. We will tell you how to partition the hard drive while you are operating the computer without having to reinstall Windows. Before that, first check your operating system, whether Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10. If the operating system you are using is Windows 10, follow us, bro for a more complete explanation.
How to Partition Windows 10 Hard Drive
The first thing you have to do to find out how to partition a Windows 10 hard drive is to open Power User by pressing WinKey (Windows key) and X simultaneously, then select Disk Management afterwards.
Wait a moment until a list of partitions appears on the hard drive on your computer. Next select the partition you want to use to split into a new partition. Then right-click on the partition you selected earlier, and select Shrink Volume. Check first before you partition, whether the room is still enough for you to divide according to what you want or not.
Determine the total size of your partition. Example: you have a hard drive of 3 TB, the number will be listed in GB units (3 TB = 3,000,000) (as we explained earlier that hard drive manufacturers do not produce hard drives with sizes according to what is written on the hard drive packaging. After that, you specify what is the size of the partition, click Shrink Volume.Windows will not allow you to divide the disk partition more than sectors where there are files that cannot be moved.
Then, a total partition window will appear before you divide and also the available sizes to be divided. If you want to create a new partition, right click select New Simple Volume.
Then follow the wizard to determine the volume size, drive letter, and partition name.
The new partition is already available on your computer.
If you think partitioning with Disk Management owned by Windows, you can install third party applications that are compatible with Windows 10 such as AOMEI Partition Assistant, Ease US Partition Master, and Minitool Partition Wizard. That's the Sixthgameon article about how to partition a Windows 10 hard drive. Hopefully it's useful, bro. For those of you who are still using Windows 7, we also made an article on how to partition a hard drive in Windows 7 .
