Saturday, 28 June 2014

How To partition Hard Drive In WINDOWS 7 !!!!!

  1.    Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  2. Click Start -> Run -> type compmgmt.msc -> click OK then click disk management . 
  3. Alternatively, right-click on the My Computer icon and select 'Manage'.
  4. In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical view and list view. To customize how you view your disks and volumes in the upper and lower panes of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the View menu, and then click the view that you want to use.
  5. Right click the any drive want to partition drive.
  6. CAUTION:Do not use the Recovery or FACTORY_IMAGE partition to create a new partition. Doing so might prevent the HP Recovery Manager from recovering the computer when the information on the C: partition is damaged.
    Then click Shrink Volume... to create unallocated space.
    Figure 2: Shrink volume
    Shrinking volume to free up space
  7. Do not make any adjustments to the settings In the Shrink window. Click Shrink.
    Figure 3: Shrink volume C:
    Shrinking volume C:
    When the Shrink is complete, the new partition displays in the Disk Management utility as Unallocated space.
    Figure 4: Unallocated space
    Showing unallocated space
  8. Right-click the new partition. In the menu that displays, click New Simple Volume.. .
    Figure 5: Creating a new simple volume
    Clicking New Simple Volume
  9. The New Simple Volume Wizard displays. To continue, click Next .
  10. The Specify Volume Size window displays. Type in the volume size, or click Nextto accept the default setting.
    Figure 6: Specify volume
    Clicking next to accept the volume size
  11. The Assign Drive Letter or Path window displays. Select a drive letter and clickNext .
    Figure 7: Assign drive letter or path
    Assigning the drive letter
  12. The Format Partition window displays. To name the drive, type a name in theVolume label box. Then click Next .
    NOTE:Do not select Perform a quick format or Enable file and folder compression .
    Figure 8: New Simple Volume Wizard
    Selecting format for the volume
  13. The settings window displays. Click Finish .
    Figure 9: New Simple Volume Settings window
    New Simple Volume Settings window
  14. The Disk Management utility displays showing the formatting progress and then the New Volume.
    If the AutoPlay window displays, click the X in the upper-right corner to close it.
    Figure 10: New volume and its size
    New volume in the list and its size

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