Creating new partition


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7
       #1

    Creating new partition


    hi ,

    recently i bought acer laptop they given laptop with installed windows 7 it is totally 32GB hard disk and it is having only one partition (ie. C drive) but now i want totaly 4 partions(including c) . Please tel me is there any way with out formating we can create partions

    Regards
    Mahesh Kumar
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  2. Posts : 45
    Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
       #2

    Hi, before you proceed with re-partitioning, I would recommend creating a System Image first.
    You are aware that Win7 creates a 100Mb boot partition. You can verify your existing partitions via Computer Management / Disk Management. It's from this area that you manage partitions (wihtout using 3rd party apps). So for example you Right-Click C: drive, select Shrink, then Right-Click on the newly created partition, format it and give it a drive letter. Be very careful with all this as C: is the Boot, Page File, Primary Partition. If it is feasable, leave C: alone and purchase a secondary Hard Disk - SATA 1Tb is cheap nowadays :)
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  3. Posts : 16,130
    7 X64
       #3
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  4. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #4

    Hello mmahesh85, welcome to Seven Forums!





    If you truly have only a 32GB HDD as you posted it's not big enough to create other partitions. Please post a screen-shot/snip of the complete disk management so we can see what you have, it'll look like this.

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  5. Posts : 2
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Creating Partition in Win7


    hi ,
    recently i bought acer laptop , they given with pre loded Win 7 OS and only one drive (i.e C 320GB) but when
    i refer Computer Management in Administrative Tools it shows 2 primary drives after that i did shrink
    operation its created new primary partition .Now while checking in my computer it shows 2 partitions (ie. C,D)
    .When i refer Computer Management in Administrative Tools it shows 3 primary partitions now again did
    shrink operation but it troughs error more than 3 primary partitions are not allowed.But my objective
    is i totally 4 drives (including C drive) .Please help me
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  6. Posts : 347
    windows 7 64 bit premium
       #6

    I couldnt do a partion it wont let me!followed the guide step by step .So i give up on it /
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  7. Posts : 78
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #7

    mmahesh85 said:
    hi ,
    recently i bought acer laptop , they given with pre loded Win 7 OS and only one drive (i.e C 320GB) but when
    i refer Computer Management in Administrative Tools it shows 2 primary drives after that i did shrink
    operation its created new primary partition .Now while checking in my computer it shows 2 partitions (ie. C,D)
    .When i refer Computer Management in Administrative Tools it shows 3 primary partitions now again did
    shrink operation but it troughs error more than 3 primary partitions are not allowed.But my objective
    is i totally 4 drives (including C drive) .Please help me

    You have to format the new partition for it to show in "My Computer".
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  8. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #8

    Why would you ever want four partitions on one drive? At most, I'd go with two primary, individual partitions. One for the OS, and one for user data storage. Follow the K.I.S.S motto.
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