How To Partition A Hard Disk Without Formatting

In this article, you will learn how to create partitions on your hard disk without losing any data and without the need for any additional software to do so.

This method works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 10. If you have a single partition on your Laptop or your Computer, then this partition can be extended to create more partitions.

To create a partition follow the steps given below:

To create a partition you need to open Windows built in feature called Disk Management. There lots of way to open Disk Management feature, its vary from windows operating system. Lets first we try on Windows 7.

Go to Control Panel ( Start -> Control Panel ).

Go to System and Security and in Administrative Tools Click on “Create and Format Hard Disk   Partitions”

The disk management Window shows all the disks and various partitions available on you machine. To create a partition from an existing partition right click on any partition and select “Shrink Volume”.

Now Enter the amount of space you want to shrink. This must be equal to the size of the new partition that needs to be created.

Once the volume is shrunk, an unallocated disk will appear in the list of partitions. Now Right Click and  Select New Simple Volume and follow the steps to create a new Partition.

Windows 10 Shrink Partition

In windows 10 you can open disk option in different ways.

1. Type Disk Management in Windows 10 Search

2. Right Click on ThisPC icon on Windows Desktop and click on Manage.

Then the computer management window will open and from the left side select the Disk Management. Then right click the partition you wants shrink or extend, fallow the simple steps all done.