how to make hard disk partition in windows 7

Question

I have bought a new laptop there are only two partition one main part and another for recovery.How can I make partition without formating?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to click the Start Orb and then right click on Computer, and go to Storage > Disk Management.

Find the biggest disk and choose the Shrink option - if you can't reduce much, you may want to first defragment the hard drive.

Next, just create the partitions as usual.

However, unless you have a specific reason, it is a lot easier to manage a machine with just one partition! I used to create a partition for everything, but it is so hard to guess what you want in years to come and it can be a pain to maintain, backup etc.

Answer 2

If you go to Control Panel -> System and Security, you can choose create and format hard disk partitions.

Here you can shrink your main partition and create a new one in the freed up space.

Answer 3

Complete info about managing partitions can be found here: How to Manage Your Disks using the Disk Management Utility