![]() It’s one big chunk of storage space with one small partition for the recovery drive. That’s what a hard drive is when it has no partitions. Think of a studio apartment everything is one big room, and you have the bathroom. In order to understand how partitions in a drive work, we’re going to use an analogy. Concepts To UnderstandĪ hard drive is a mechanical component. If you’re partitioning an external hard drive, make sure it’s placed somewhere stable so that it doesn’t accidentally disconnect during the partition process. You must also, obviously, have the drive on hand and connected to your system. ![]() In order to partition a hard drive on Windows 10, you must have administrative rights. If you have an SSD, it too can be partitioned following the same method. You can partition both an external and internal hard drive this way. For this tutorial though, we’re going to stick with a hard drive. If you’re running Windows 10 Creators Update or above, you can even use it to partition a USB drive or a SD card. The Device Manager has a built-in utility called Disk Management that can partition a drive and it’s fairly easy to use. It also doesn’t require any third-party apps. You have to be careful when you partition a hard drive but it’s nothing a novice can’t do. If you had someone set it up for you, you might think it’s a terribly complicated process to create a partition. ![]() Your internal hard drive probably has two partitions, or perhaps three. ![]()
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