How To Create New Drive On Windows 10

How To Make Partitions In Windows 10

After you have successfully installed Windows 10 on your computer, your next step should be to create partitions on the hard disk drive so that you can utilize its space more efficiently. The best way to create partitions in Windows 10 is using the operating system's built-in "Disk Management" snap-in or with the help of the "DISKPART" command-line tool.

This tutorial demonstrates how you can easily create partitions using the "Disk Management" snap-in while using Windows 10.

Here are the steps:

1. Log on to your Windows 10 PC with an administrator account. (The process of creating partitions requires administrative privileges on the computer.)

2. Once logged on, click the File Explorer icon from the taskbar.

3. From the left pane (navigation pane) of the opened File Explorer window, right-click This PC .

4. From the context menu, click Manage .

5. On the openedComputer Management snap-in, from the left pane, click to selectDisk Management from under theStorage category.

6. From the right pane, right-click the unallocated area of the hard disk drive in which you want to make partitions. Note: If you have assigned the entirety of the hard drive's space to the C: drive at the time of installing Windows 10, there will be no unallocated space left in the hard disk drive. If this happens and you still want to create a new partition, you must shrink the C: drive by right-clicking it, selecting theShrink Volume option, and following the on-screen instructions to free up some space and to get the unallocated area.

7. From the context menu, clickCreate Simple Volume.

8. On the welcome page of the New Simple Volume Wizardbox, click Next .

9. On the Specify Volume Size page, in the available Simple volume size in MB field, specify the amount of space you want to assign to this new partition. (Make sure to specify the space in megabytes--i.e., 10240 MB for 10 GB. 1 GB = 1024 MB.)

10. ClickNext to continue.

11. On theAssign Drive Letter or Path page, leave everything as it is for simplicity, and clickNext. (If you're an advanced user, you can select a drive letter of your choice from the availableAssign the following drive letter drop-down list.)