How to create partition in USB drives on Windows 10 PC – Guide

One of the most important advantages of USB hard disk or memory card as removable storage is their portability. Transferring data and files between computer and different removable media is convenient and easy.

Next, open Diskpart. In Diskpart, click the New button and provide the following information: -Disk number (1-9) -Partition type (Linux) -Number of partitions (1-9) -Type of partition (Linux) -Size of partition (bytes) Now click the OK button to create a new disk partition. The Diskpart window will close and you will be able to see your new disk in the Windows Explorer. To view or change the contents of your new disk partition, use the following commands:

  1. Type explorer.exe into the Windows Explorer and press Enter.
  2. In the left pane, click on My Computer and then on Disk Partitions.
  3. In the right pane, click on your newly created disk partition and then press Enter to change its contents or select another option if you want to delete it later.

How to Partition an external drive in Windows 10

Open the Windows search box, type “diskmgmt.msc” and press Enter. Windows search box is located in the lower left corner of the screen. ..

Right-click the external hard drive and select Shrink Volume. If this option is not available to you, reformat the drive to NTFS and try again.

To reduce the volume of your music, enter a number of megabytes you want to reduce the volume by. The remaining space will be displayed in megabytes. ..

Then click Shrink. This will split the hard drive, and a portion will become unallocated space.

New Simple Volume: Right-click on the Unallocated space on your drive and select New Simple Volume.

To create a new partition, click on the Partition tab and then click New. The New Partition dialog box will appear. In the Name field, type a name for your partition. In the Size field, enter the size of your partition in MB (or GB). If you want to use the rest of the space on your disk, enter the maximum disk space indicated above. If you are creating a primary partition, in the Format field, select Primary (GPT). If you are creating a logical partition, in the Format field, select Logical (LVM2). Click Next. ..

To choose which drive letter you want to use, just look at the list and find the letter that is still available. ..

Windows will choose NTFS for you because this is Microsoft’s native filing system. But if you want the external hard drive to work on a Mac as well, you should choose exFAT which is an updated version of FAT32. ..

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The computer is now ready to use.

Final note

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