But how are you exactly supposed to do this?

Today, we’re going to show you how you might partition your hard drive in Windows.

First, you’ll need to head over to the Disk Management tool.

A partitioned disk

You’re going to want to fix that.Right-hit the driveand click onNew Simple Volumeto get the drive set up.

If you want to use it as a normal drive, you probably don’t have to change anything.

Choose the file system and the drive’s volume name, clickNext, and now you’re done.

Disk Management Showing Unallocated Drive Space of Newly Connected Drive

The process for that, however, is a little bit more complicated.

First off, we’re going to have to shrink the already allocated partition.

This will make the current drive partition smaller and unallocate some space for the other partition in the process.

Making the Unallocated Drive Space Usable in Windows

1GB is 1,000 MB, while 1TB is 1,000,000 MB.

Why Would I Want to Partition My Drive?

The reasons for doing this could vary.

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Another reason could be to better organize your data.

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