Creating a Partition on Windows 8

Hold the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press R (Winkey+R). This will
launch the Run the utility. Type diskmgmt.msc inside the text box and press Enter.
This will open the Windows Disk Management utility. This is where you can format,
create, and delete hard drive partitions.
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In order to create a partition, you need unallocated space. Unallocated space is basically
disk space that is not formatted or not prepared for storage. Formatting is the act of
preparing a disk space for storage. It similar to building a foundation for a place to be
inhabited. Thus, unallocated space is just useless blank space with no foundation or
format.
To create unallocated space, you need to shrink your hard drive. When you shrink your
hard disk, the remaining space becomes unallocated.
To do this, right-click your main drive and select Shrink Volume.

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Now you need to enter the amount you want to shrink the hard disk by in megabytes
(1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte). For example if you want to create a 1 gigabyte partition,
enter 1,000 megabytes in the text box. Now click Shrink.
The Disk Management Utility will show you the maximum amount of shrink space
available. Thats the maximum size that can be allocated to the new partition.

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You will then see the region of unallocated space (shaded black). Remember, this space is
not yet usable.

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Now you need to create foundation or format for the unallocated space. This will
allow for the space to become usable.
Right-click the region of unallocated space and select New Simple Volume.
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This will launch the New Simple Volume Wizard. This will guide you through the
installation process.

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Assign the disk a drive letter. You can choose any drive letter that is not currently in use.

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Select a file system for the disk. The file system is basically the type of format or
foundation the storage device has. If you plan on installing a Windows OS to the
partition select the NTFS file system.
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Name the
partition in the
Volume
Label text box. You can choose any name for your partition. As you can see, weve
name ours Vikitech.
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Now click Finish
to create the new
partition.

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As you can see, this is the new partition that was just created.

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