partition external hard drive


  1. soulfood
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    partition external hard drive


    hi, can i partition my external hard drive? thank you
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  3. Kaktussoft
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    Yes... I think it already is. What do you want to accomplish?
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  4. Dave76
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    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
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    You can connect it to your computer and do it with Disk Management.

    How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7
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  6. Sunimar
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    Dave76 said:
    You can connect it to your computer and do it with Disk Management.

    How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7
    Dave I want to ask a question over here:

    Is it possible to partition an HDD if you have some data on it?? Or does 1 need to clean-up the HDD & then should partition it??
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  7. ignatzatsonic
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    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    Sunimar said:
    Dave76 said:
    You can connect it to your computer and do it with Disk Management.

    How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7
    Dave I want to ask a question over here:

    Is it possible to partition an HDD if you have some data on it?? Or does 1 need to clean-up the HDD & then should partition it??
    You can shrink an existing partition with data on it--and then make a new partition from the free space that generates.

    For safety's sake, you should have the data backed up somewhere before you start.

    You can usually shrink a partition to some degree with Disk Management, but Partition Wizard is a more flexible tool for the purpose.
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