Managing disk partition properly is one of the most important aspects to keep computer running at its best. Multiple partitions enable users to segregate data based on categories, for example, you can install operating system on one partition and keep multimedia data like movies and music in another partition.
Partitioning a disk to two or more partition is a great solution to allocate data to specific location and keep operating system drive nice and neat. You can also format partitions into two different file system formats if you want to use them under different platforms, for instance, you may want to dual-boot your computer with Windows and Linux, you'll have to partition hard drive into at least two partitions, and format them to NTFS and Ext4 file system.
In addition, you may want to shrink or extend system partition which might not be partitioned with reasonable size. Disk partition software enables you to create, delete, resize, split partition on hard drives or USB drive.
Thus, disk partition software is still preferred by both average and advanced users. Though it is a Windows partition manager, it has full support of Linux file system, including Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4. DiskGenius has three editions, and the free edition has included nearly all functions on disk partitioning. You can follow these guides to manage your partition and improve performance. With DiskGenius you can quickly repartition a hard drive or flash drive into multiple partitions with desired partition table even if the disk contains partitions already.
Due to disk repartition process removes everything on the disk and causes data and partition loss, you need to create a backup for important data before executing this function. Launch DiskGenius and select the disk you want to repartition and click " Quick Partition " button from toolbar and the Quick Partition window opens up.
Till this procedure you can make your own decisions, for example, partition table style, partition count, partition size, volume label, file system type, 4K sector alignment, etc. Just set these settings bases on your actual needs. If you are not specialized in such configurations, you can follow default settings. Click OK button from the lower right corner and DiskGenius starts to partition the selected disk. Note: It is not allowed to partition the hard drive where operating system is located when Windows is running.
Therefore, if you want to repartition hard drive and reinstall Windows, you need to boot to WinPE to complete the task. To make best of disk space you may want to resize partition , extend partition, shrink partition or split partition in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, etc. Though Windows has a built-in functionality in Disk Management to expand or shrink partition, it is not powerful enough to deal with various such as low disk space issue.
It happens your hard drive might not be properly partitioned, and you may encounter "Low Disk Space" issue which says "You are running very low on disk space on Local Disk C:. Click here to see if you can free space on this device" or "You are running out of disk space on system C:. To free space on this drive by deleting old or unnecessary files, click here…" Facing such issue, you can try deleting some unnecessary files or move files to another drivea.
Alternatively, you can extend the partition to remove the low disk space issue. Backup your data stored on each partition before deleting. Otherwise, you may lose everything on your computer. Without deleting any partition, you can resize partition on Windows XP 32 and 64 bit by using free partition software for Windows XP. Usually, you can use this free partition tool to shrink partition, move partition and extend partition so as to reallocate disk space on your computer.
Usually, you can use this software to extend system partition because deleting partition on Windows XP cannot help increase size of system partition. How to Resize Disk Partition on Windows XP 32 and 64 Bit How can you resize hard disk on Windows XP 32 or 64 bit so as to reallocate disk space more reasonably or fix the low disk space problem on system partition?
Situation 2: Create a new partition on Windows XP You may want to resize partition on Windows XP 32 or 64 bit because there is only one or two partition on your computer. Situation 3: Disk space was allocated unreasonably Do you think that the disk space was allocated unreasonably on Windows XP?
As we have mentioned in the above part, that way is not available for a Windows XP user. Thus, we will show you a reliable and effective way to create partition Windows XP without losing any personal files. It is designed to optimize the partition and disk usage.
In addition, MiniTool Partition Wizard has many powerful features. Just download it from the following button and try to create partition after Windows XP installed.
Free Download. And then, we will show you how to create partition after Windows XP installed step by step with pictures. Step 2: Since you need to create a new partition, the first step you need to do is to release the space. Step 2: In the popup window, you can drag the slide to decide how much space you want to take and click OK to continue. Step 3: Then choose the unallocated space and right-click to choose Create to continue.
Step 4: In the next popup window, you can set the properties of the new partition, such as the file system, cluster size, drive letter and so on.
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