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Creating a Partition on Windows 8

Hold the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press R(Winkey+R).This willlaunch the Run the utility. Type diskmgmt.mscinside the text box and press Enter.

This will open the Windows Disk Management utility. This is where you can format

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"n order to create a partition you need unallocated space. #nallocated space is basicallydisk space that is not formatted or not prepared for storage. $ormatting is the act of

preparing a disk space for storage. "t similar to building a foundation for a place to be

inhabited. Thus unallocated space is %ust useless blank space with no foundationorformat.

To create unallocated space you need to shrink your hard dri!e. When you shrink your

hard disk the remaining space becomes unallocated.

To do this right&click your main dri!e and select Shrink o!ume.

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'ow you need to enter the amount you want to shrink the hard disk by in megabytes())) megabytes * gigabyte+. $or example if you want to create a gigabyte partition

enter ))) megabytes in the text box. 'ow click Shrink.

The Disk Management #tility will show you the maximum amount of shrink spacea!ailable. That,s the maximum si-e that can be allocated to the new partition.

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ou will then see the region of unallocated space (shaded black+. Remember this space is

not yet usable.

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'ow you need to create foundationor format for the unallocated space. This willallow for the space to become usable.

Right&click the region of unallocated space and select "ew Sim#!e o!ume.

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0elect a file system for the disk. The file system is basically the type of format or

1foundation2 the storage de!ice has. "f you plan on installing a Windows 30 to the

partition select the "%&Sfile system.

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'ow click &inishto create the new

partition.

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/s you can see this is the new partition that was %ust created.

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