You have purchased a computer, new, with the best modification, with a pre-installed system - just super! Is everything okay now? But several months have passed, and your 500GB hard drive is gradually turning into a hard-to-manage dump. What to do?
Instructions
Step 1
The answer suggests itself - you need to split your physical hard drive into several logical ones. Previously, when large capacity disks were not readable, these operations were forced. Today it is easy, all technical problems have been solved, terabyte hard drives are not exotic for a long time, but it is inconvenient to work with them. The disk needs to be partitioned: the system is installed in one partition (drive C); in another, you will save working documents, downloads, installation programs and drivers (drive D); in the third - all videos and music (drive E); let the fourth one be for a hobby (for example, a photo and all programs for editing it), etc. And maintenance will be much easier, because the system disk often needs a general check, defragmentation, and antivirus scanning.
Step 2
The easiest way to break a hard drive is to do it before installing the system, programs, i.e. before starting work, while there is no information on the hard disk. Decide on the answer to two questions: 1. How many sections do you want to have in total? As a rule, this is the main section where the system will be installed; its size is desirable to have at least 20GB, preferably 40. The rest of the disk space, an additional partition, split according to your interests, creating two or more logical disks.2. Determine the file system type (FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS). The most promising system is recognized as NTFS, it is supported by all the latest versions of Windows, starting with W-2000. In case of difficulty, please visit the website https://www.com-serv.ru/, you will find the answer to many of your questions here. After that, insert the boot disk into your computer. At the very beginning of the installation, you can easily partition your hard drive into as many partitions as you like by following the installation steps
Step 3
If during the installation process not everything was taken into account, or the partitioning of the disk did not go exactly according to your wishes, this problem can be easily solved from the installed system. Right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "Control" (or "Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management") from the context menu. A graphic picture will open, where you will see: all hard drives installed on the computer, in them - the main partition, an additional partition (including all logical ones), their sizes and the type of file system. Without resorting to other special programs, you can format individual partitions (in this case, all information from the disk will disappear), delete or create a disk, rename it, assign a different letter. Right here you can run a scan of any disk and defragment it.
Step 4
If you decide to partition the hard drive, filled with information, or there is no "computer control" item in the system installed on your computer, the Partition Magic program (now in Russian) will help. Before proceeding with the partition, free up some space on the disks if they are full (at least 15% should be free); save the most important data to another medium. In addition, take care that there are no problems with the power supply of the computer (installation of UPS will help). After preparation, run the program. Its possibilities are almost endless in terms of partitioning the hard drive, formatting, deleting and creating, renaming partitions, an intuitive graphical interface. When finished, be sure to check all logical drives and start the defragmentation process.
