How to create a new partition in Windows 7- Do It Yourself

So how many of you have bought your computers from a store pre-installed with Windows 7 and think that there are 2 or 3 Hard-drives in our computer (C:, D:, E: drives). Or you think it is some magic that divides your HDD into 3 parts of different sizes? Or that it is geek stuff and we cannot do it? What if I say that it is a matter of 5 minutes? Surprised? Well, its true. In this tutorial I will show you how to create new partitions (Yeah, these drives you see in "My Computer" are called partitions) as well as grow/shrink existing ones.









Step 1: Open Disk Management

1. Open start menu
2. Type in the search box,"Disk manage".
3. Click on the result,"Create and format hard disk partitions".

Step 2: Shrink an existing partition

You need to shrink a partition to make space for a new partition. If you already have enough unpartitioned space, then skip this step.

1. Right-click on a partition that you want to shrink.
2. Click on "Shrink Volume..."
3. Enter the size to shrink and click "Shrink".

Step 3: Create new volume or partition

You will now notice that a new free space has appeared. This is the unpartitioned space. Now we will create a new volume from this space.

1. Right-click on the Free Space.
2. Click on "New Simple Volume...".
3. Click "Next".
4. Specify the volume size.
5. Assign a Drive letter (for example, C:).
6. Click "Next".
7. Rename the volume.
8. Click "Next".
9. Click finish.
10. Wait a minute.

Your new volume is now ready. If you want to undo what you have just done, follow these steps.

1. Right click on the volume you just created.
2. Click "Delete volume..."
3. Now select the volume you originally reduced.
4. Right click and select "Extend volume...".
5. Follow the steps and voila, its done!

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