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Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« on: October 18, 2015, 10:13:13 AM »
I have a 2 TeraByte Hard Disk Drive, i want it to be divided into 5 parts such that 1 part is for the operating system which should be little bit larger compared to other 4 parts individually.
I want the procedure to be done and the memory math calculation for arranging such parts.

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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 10:15:38 AM »
You can use disk management (start - run - diskmgmt.msc) or a 3rd party utility such as Easeus Partition Master. Be sure to back up all critical data before performing any drive level process.

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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 11:45:03 AM »
Easeus is a good tool, i have partitioned the hdd with this tool. It has got good interface and easy to decide and selection of size.
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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2015, 01:52:53 PM »
There are at least three good free partition managers I have used.
Gizmo's has a list of even more.

Best Free Partition Management Software


He gives top place to MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.0
I would agree, but EASUS is also very good.

GParted is rather different  than  the others. Use with caution.

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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2015, 02:12:29 PM »
So Windows sees the new partitions withot formatting ? ?
Just curious...
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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2015, 02:44:24 PM »
So Windows sees the new partitions withot formatting ? ?
Just curious...
Yes, The partition can exist without a format structure.
Windows sees hard drive space in three ways
A. Raw free space.
B. Partition specified, by not formatted.
C. Parturition formatted in a format known to Windows.
The fourth  possibility is a parson with a format Windows does not recognize. Such as a Linux partition. Or unknown  format from some other OS. (Like  Apple.)

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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2015, 03:01:24 PM »
I was asking him...
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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2015, 04:43:13 AM »
Asking What?

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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2015, 05:17:06 AM »
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Re: Partitioning a Hard disk drive without formatting
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2015, 05:57:36 AM »
GParted is rather different  than  the others. Use with caution.
Gparted is the only one I ever use. Never had any problems.