Partition a hard drive, whether under Windows, Linux or Mac has become very easy nowadays. Since the advent of the internet for twenty years, data has literally exploded in terms of number and abundance. There is a huge amount of data in the world, and it keeps increasing every day.
Thus, your computer is made up of a certain number of Giga Bytes (GB) of storage. So that it is not too cluttered, we must therefore clean it regularly, but also we can partition it, that is to say fragment it, divide its size into bytes.
You do not know how to do it ? Are you new to this? Don’t worry, we have compiled a list of 5 tips for you to partition your hard drive properly.
Therefore, partitioning a hard drive will allow you to install an additional operating system, or to partition data and system. It will also allow you to prepare the creation of images of the system since this operation requires having another partition.
However, we caution you, if you partition your hard drive, there is a risk of data loss, so you are strongly advised to make backups first.
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How to partition a hard drive?
The Windows operating system will allow you to directly manage the partitions: press Windows + R then type diskmgmt.msc
You will then need to right-click in the lower part, on the volume to be partitioned, then select “reduce the volume”. Then choose the size you want to partition.
A new partition has therefore just been created on your computer, which will reduce the space of your main disk.
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Free software
Software now makes it possible to make free internal partitions, and this very easily. Thus, software like Partition Master Freel allows you to partition your disk. In addition, the following site allows you to format your main hard drive first, before you have made a backup of course.
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Paid solutions
There are paid solutions that allow you to partition your disk, such as EaseUS Partition Master, or even Hard Disk Manager, with which all Windows and Linux file systems are recognized.
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Emergency
If you want to partition your disk in a hurry, you can use a Linux “Live” CD, or the QTPArted. However, it is not possible to partition it while in use.
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Additional tools
Sometimes you’ll want to delete partitions before you actually create them. You can do this using tools such as “Fdisk” or solutions such as Live-CD.
