How can I partition the hard drive?

How can I partition the hard drive?

Hello,

I’m Aston. I can easily solve your problem. But you didn’t post the model/type of your hard disk . I mean, is it SATA or IDE?

If your hard disk model type is IDE, then you have to notice two things. First, is about the hard disk jumper and the second, is about your BIOS configuration. You can see on your hard disk, front side, that there are two different pins (Master and Subordinate) available. You have to plug in the jumper with the Subordinate pin. Because when you are trying to partition your drive, it causes some errors. So, this is needed for better results. You need to also configure your BIOS setting. You can easily configure the setting by seeing the manual of your motherboard. Just see what your motherboard BIOS configuration is, when you plug in the jumper with the Subordinate.

If your hard disk model type is already in SATA then, skip the steps that I provided in the upper contents.

Now, I will tell you the different processes in partitioning your drive.

You can partition your drive in system mode or boot mode. In system mode, you have to use some software (Acronis Partition Expert, Partition Magic, Norton Ghost etc) for partition. You can also use the disk management that is already installed into your system. You can select the boot mode when your system doesn’t install or if it crashes. My suggestion is to partition your drive from your system.

First, I’ll show you from the disk management. Go to manage from My Computer and select disk management. You can see your drive (C: /D: /E: /F/) on the right side. Now, select one of the drives you want to delete. Then, right click and select Delete option. You can see a window box that is asking about your last confirmation. Select yes and select quick format for fast formatting. If you want to increase your drive space then you don’t need to format. Just delete the other drive and you can see a totally free space. Now, right click the free space and select new simple volume, a dialog box will come. Select the next button and write how much space you need for your specific drive. At last, click next and finish to complete a new partition.

This is a very simple way by which you can partition your hard drive. But there is a problem here, you have to delete your drives but all data will be gone forever.

Now, I’ll tell you how to partition your drive, without deleting or formatting.

Here, you need some software like Acronis Partition Expert, Partition Magic, Norton Ghost etc. I suggest you to use Acronis Partition Expert.

First install, then, open the software. You can see your drive on the right side. Select the drive where you want to decrease space, right click it. Now, select resize and write how much you want to decrease and click the ok button. You can see that your selected drive space has already decreased and free space is showing. Now, select the drive where you want to add your free space. Right click it and select resize and add the free space with the drive. And lastly, click the “commit pending operation” button to complete your process. It will take several minutes and then restart your windows right after.

I’m posting some images that will help you complete your work.