How to Partition Primary Drive

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  1. Venths
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    How to Partition Primary Drive


    Guys,

    I have a new Laptop with Windows 7 Home edition (factory installed). It has only primary C: partition.

    Is there any tweak to partition the HDD directly using windows without re-formatting the HDD
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  3. Jonathan_King
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    Hello Venths,

    What in particular are you wanting to change?
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  4. Venths
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    IT has only C: drive (primary). How to split the same to D: and E: ??? from C:
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  6. Jonathan_King
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    You will need to shrink the volume first, then you can create more partitions. Note: to increase available shrink space, try disabling hibernation, deleting the paging file, and then defragmenting your hard drive before shrinking.
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  7. whs
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    You may have a D partition (recovery partition) - but it may be hidden. So don't be amazed if D is not available for drive assignments.
    Partition or Volume - Create New
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  8. Venths
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    Thanks for the reply Guys... :)

    Yeah, I saw the Hidden partition... :)
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  10. Venths
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    But I have a doubt. Will the above instructions can be performed for C drive? as it is the Primary partition?
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  11. Jonathan_King
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    Yes. :)
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  12. Venths
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    Jonathan_King said:
    Yes. :)

    Thank youuuuuuuuuu :)
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  13. Jonathan_King
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    You're welcome. :)

    Anything else we can help you with?
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