Most articles about how to partition a disk into sections, or offer to format your hard drive, or to install and use for its division into segments of different programs that may be, and not credible.Format the drive on which the necessary data collected numerous accumulated, maybe not in one year, all the more inappropriate.But to divide the space on it should nevertheless be.
Why divide the disk into parts
Use a piece, not broken, the drive is not as convenient as it may seem.
On the one hand, if you do not break the disk partitions, the root partition it will gradually "overgrown" countless folders and files clutter the small or the system folder will be branched so that the path to the file will be too long and therefore inconvenient.
The sides of the other, if we divide the computer's memory into segments, the data backup and restoration of the operating system after the "fall" becomes much easier.Knowing how to partition a disk, you can limit access only to certain files on your computer: it is enough to password protect only the section where they are stored.
Where better to create a new partition
better to allocate a new partition on the disk D, since the C drive is not available in the standard situation, the operating system and should not take away her space, which is necessary for normal functioning of the computer.In this article you will learn how to partition a disk without reformatting it and without using third-party programs.
How to partition a disk: sequencing
1. Open the "Start" menu and enter the search string: "Computer Management."Open the tab "Computer Management."A window appears where you need to select 'Disk Management'.
2. In the window that appears, right-mouse-click the name of the disk that you want to break.In the menu, select "Shrink Volume."Then run a scan disk space.It will show how much space you can take from your hard disk.
3. When the scan is finished, the window settings.In it you can set the maximum value within those offered to a computer.
4. Press "Shrink".
5. After compression happens, the computer will show that there is free space.It is necessary to click on its designation of the right mouse button and select the menu line "New Simple Volume."
6. You will see "Simple Volume Wizard."In it put the chosen maximum amount of disk space.
7. Select the letter, which will be referred to a new section.
8. Format the created partition and click "Finish".
9. Restart the computer.
To rename a new section
default created partition will be called "New Volume."Rename it can be just like a regular file: open the right-click menu, select the line "Rename" and delete the name "New Volume."The computer will automatically assign a new section called "Local Disk" and add the selected earlier letter to his designation.
