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[Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Idiot #1 - 11-03-2009
I have noticed a lot of people asking how to partition a hard drive. I decided to write a tutorial to help them and any others who wish to know. This is on Win. 7 or Vista. It will work on XP if tweaked.
1st.
Goto Start and click Control Panel then System and Security.
Then click Device Manager.When the Device Manger Box pops up you should see all your drives.
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2nd.
Right click the drive you wish to format, right click and select "Shrink Volume"
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3rd.
When the window pops up you will see several options. You can ignore most of these but the ones labeled in blue are important. This says how large the partition should be. Select what ever size you wish and click "Shrink".Device manager should now partition the hard drive.
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4th.
Now next to the hard drive there should be some un-allocated space.
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Right click it and select "New Simple Volume" In the window that pops up just click next until this page.
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Here you can name the new partition or assign a drive name.
Done!
You should now see the new partition under "My Computer"! You can you is for installing multiple operating systems or for back-ups among many things!
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Codine - 11-03-2009
Very nice tutorial, i will +Rep you for this.
You should do another tutorial, and using a freeware program.
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Idiot #1 - 11-03-2009
I'll do that next.
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Gaijin - 11-03-2009
This was useful, I didn't even know about this method, tought I never needed to make partitions.
Nice tutorial. I can only update my rep, so you won't get one from me
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - QBANBOY407 - 11-04-2009
I dont see the "Shrink Volume"
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Idiot #1 - 11-04-2009
Are you sure your right clicking in the right place?
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Codine - 11-04-2009
(11-04-2009, 06:10 AM)QBANBOY407 Wrote: I dont see the "Shrink Volume"
Are you sure you're not using XP, as Vista was used in this tutorial.
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - p0w3r0fchr1st - 11-04-2009
Very nice tut, I like it. I would plus rep you, but I ran out for today. I will tommmorrow though
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - Idiot #1 - 11-04-2009
(11-04-2009, 07:14 AM)p0w3r0fchr1st Wrote: Very nice tut, I like it.
Thank you.
RE: [Tut]How to Partition a Hard Drive[/Tut] - deathpwnz - 11-04-2009
Nice tut man