How to Partition Hard Drive without Formating

How to Partition Hard Drive without Formating

Partitioning your hard drive divides your hard drive into several partitions. It is very important to partition your hard drive as you will need different partitions for different uses. People who partition their hard drives usually don't lose files when they have to format their pc because they only need to format the partition where programs were installed.  You can partition the hard drive when formatting your computer. It is useful to know how to partition your hard drive without
formatting your pc, so, today i am going to show you how to partition your hard drive without formatting your pc.

• PARTITION WITH DISK MANAGEMENT

Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 built in Disk Management has the ability to create partition, delete partition, format partition, change drive letter and so on, if you want to re-partition hard drive without formatting the hard drive, you need to use third party Partition manager.
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 built in Disk Management has the ability to shrink volume, extend volume, create volume, delete volume, format volume and so on. If you want to extend system partition, there must be some unallocated space behind the system partition. If the unallocated space is clinging to other volume, how to move volume and let the unallocated space be clinging to the volume which you want to extend? Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 built in Disk Management has no "Move Partition" feature, so a third party partition manager is required.

How to Partition Hard Drive without Formating

• PARTITION HARD DISK WITH PARTITION MANAGER

Minitool partition wizard is a magic partition manager. It can partition hard drive with its advanced partition operations on your hard drive without formatting, including: resize and move partitions, convert partition, split partition, merge partitions, resize dynamic disk, etc. You can use it to partition your hard drive without formatting your pc. To partition your hard drive without formatting your pc, you can download minitool partition wizard from here