How to partition the new hard disk before using it? Detailed methods for hard disk partitioning

If the user is injured and has a new hard disk, it is necessary to align the partition before use. There are many ways to partition the hard disk, but some methods are more complicated, so it is not easy for novice users to get started, so I collected Some commonly used hard disk partitioning methods, methods for novice users to quickly grasp. Read below to learn more about the common methods of hard disk partitioning.

It should be noted that the current common partition formats are GPT and MBR, which correspond to UEFI and Legacy startup modes. Generally, the new machines in recent years are UEFI+GPT mode by default, because GPT The partition supports large hard disks of more than 2TB, and this format is also more perfect for supporting new system functions such as Win8/Win8.1/Win10 (such as secure boot). For ordinary users, they may not involve mashup errors such as Legacy+GPT or UEFI+MBR when reinstalling the system. However, some of the tossing “old cannons” may have forgotten to change the partition format before. Then the program is not allowed to continue during the installation …… below describes several common partitioning methods.

First, the Win7/Win8.1/Win10 installer comes with a partitioning tool

1. Use the original system installation disk (non-Ghost version) to boot the computer

2 For example, unpartitioned hard disk, unallocated space is selected (SSD+HDD users need to distinguish the target hard disk according to capacity), click “New”, as shown below ——

3. Give the partition size. Unit MB, for example, if you want to divide the 30GB area, write “30000& rdquo;, as shown below ——

Reminder: If your hard disk is large enough, the system partition can be above 100GB; or use 128GB Or 256GB SSD as the system partition, you can use the full capacity, do not have to divide other areas, the value does not change, but still a little bit more insurance, even if divided into two areas (system separate area, software, files, etc. District), in case the system has an irreparable problem that needs to be formatted and reloaded, it will not let all the files follow.

Note: Using the GPT partition system will require the creation of MSR and EFI partitions, the default is 128MB and 100MB, used to reserve space and store bootloader, etc.

4, similarly divide the other according to the above method Area, if you use the MBR partition mode, you can only divide up to 4 primary partitions here, but if you use GPT partition, the number is not limited
After the partition can be formatted here, you can also click directly The next step is to automatically format the selected system partition; other unformatted partitions can be manually formatted after the system is installed.
Formatting here will give a prompt, and there is no confirmation on the hard disk. Click on the file, or if the file has been backed up, click "OK" to start formatting

Second, the system comes with "Disk Management" tool

1, Windows10 users at the start button point Right click and select “Disk Management” to enter the program. Windows 7 users can right click on “Computer” and go to “Manage” to find “Disk Management” in the left column. You can

2, here is the current system hard disk situation, you can see that there is a black undivided area, as shown below ——

3, right click on the area Select “New Simple Volume" to assign the area as a new partition (above)

4. In the following figure, give the size of the new partition you want to divide. If the remaining space is large, you can give If the value is less than the amount of remaining space, the remaining amount of space can be divided into other partitions; if the remaining space is not large, the value does not have to be modified, and is directly divided into a partition

5. Assign the drive number, and use it without any use. You can use the letters, of course, the most convenient way to use the system to automatically allocate; you can also merge this area into the existing partition as a folder; you can also not use the official "name" & rdquo;, for Other purposes, as shown below ——

6, select the format, the existing Windows system default NTFS format, the allocation unit size also uses the default value, the volume label is the partition name, can be customized; below Confirm the implementation of the quick format, keep the check, as shown below ——

7, the system will give a summary report of the new partition before the official completion, check the correct click and click "complete" Generate a new partition, as shown below ——

8. In the above way, you can continue to use the unallocated space to create other partitions (again: MBR partition can only create 4 primary partitions here, and extended partitions And logical partitions cannot be created here.
New 10GB partitions from existing partitions

9. If you think that one or more partitions are too large, you want to divide the remaining space into The new partition can be implemented using the "compressed volume" function (above), the amount of compressed space is less than “the size of the available compressed space , after compression, an "unallocated" area will appear, refer to the above new partition. The method can divide the compressed space into new partitions

Third, DiskGenius

This tool is familiar to many experienced users, common in some domestic In the revised PE system, of course, there are other hard disk partitioning tools in these systems. Because of the similarities, this is an example of how to use them.

(1) GPT partition

1. After opening the tool, you will obviously see the current hard disk partition, as shown below ——

2. If now If you have a partition, you are not satisfied. You can delete it and re-divide it. As shown below, ——

3. After deleting all existing partitions, re-establishing the partition will first prompt whether to create new ESP and MSR partitions. ESP partition must be established (default 100MB), otherwise the Windows installer can not start installation after selecting the installation location (UEFI+GPT users directly use the installation disk partition will automatically create the required partition, there will be no problem affecting the installation ), as shown below ——

4, after the establishment of the above auxiliary partition, you can formally establish the primary partition, the method is similar to the previous introduction, nothing more than giving the partition size, as shown below ——

Tip: If you are creating a new partition for the SSD, check "<; Align to the integer multiple of the following sectors" and select “4096” in the "Number of sectors" drop-down menu. As above ), In order to meet the so-called & ldquo; 4K alignment & rdquo; condition, which is conducive to give full play to the advantages of SSD performance (the original system disk is automatically set when the installer partition & ldquo; 4K alignment & rdquo ;, without having to manually set).

5, according to the above method to create a new partition, after the completion of "save changes", the program will ask you whether to format these partitions by clicking, click "yes" is to start formatting, complete After these partitions can be used, as shown below ——

(2) MBR partition

This partition table and GPT have some differences in the partition mode, the following specific instructions A:

1, can directly create a new primary partition and extended partition, will not prompt MSR and other secondary partitions to establish

2, the primary partition is used to install the system and boot system; extended partitions and subordinates Logical partitions are used to store data. GPT does not have the above structure.

3, the primary partition can be established up to 4, the extended partition is only one, the number of subordinate logical partitions is not limited, and the sum of the primary partition and the extended partition is no more than 4 The total logical partition must be less than or equal to the extended partition capacity

Fourth, the system comes with the Diskpart program

As mentioned at the beginning of this article, the GPT partition method using this program has been introduced, Again, you can review this method through the following diagram:

Use the original Win7/Win8.1/Win10 system disk to boot the computer, press shift+F10 to bring up the command prompt, enter diskpart to enter the partition program ( As shown in the figure above, the related commands are as follows:

list disk: displays the hard disks installed in this machine, numbered 0, 1, 2 … … only one hard disk user only “ disk 0 & rdquo;

select disk X: select the hard disk listed above

clean: clear the original partition information of the selected hard disk

convert gpt: convert the partition format to GPT

list partition : Display existing partitions

create partition efi/msr/primary size=n: New EFI/MSR/primary partition, size n MB

To create a new MBR partition, follow the steps below :

1, execute list disk, call out the current hard disk situation

2, execute select disk X, select the hard disk that needs partition

Reminder: It is best not to insert at this time U disk, in order to avoid misleading operation of the U disk; if you must insert a USB flash drive, then According to the capacity, it is necessary to identify which is the hard disk in the computer

3. Execute clean and clear the selected hard disk partition

Reminder: At this time, you need to make sure that the useful data in the selected hard disk has been backed up, or this Is a new hard disk, no need to backup … … purpose is to ensure that the partition operation will not cause data loss

4, if your hard disk is GPT format, you can execute convert mbr to convert

5 In the MBR format, create a primary partition, execute:

create partition primary size=n (in megabytes, such as 30GB partition, n=30000)

After the creation is complete, you can execute the active setting. Active partition, then you can execute format quick to quickly format

6. To create an extended partition, execute:

create partition extended size=n (if you don't need to create another primary partition) , can divide the remaining space into extended partitions)

7, create a logical partition in the extended partition, execute:

create partition logical size=n (can create multiple, total capacity to Less than For extended partitions, but preferably equal to the extended partition size, so as not to waste space)

8, in the partition process and after the end, you can perform a list partition, look at the allocated partition size at any time; also can be in each After the logical partition is created, execute format quick and perform quick formatting.

9. After the partition is finished, if you forget to format, you can execute select partition X, and then execute format quick format for the partition, as shown below. ——

Tip: You can execute the select command to operate on a hard disk or partition at any time; if you want to quickly input a command that has been executed, press the ↑ key to call it directly.

After these steps are completed, the hard disk partition is completed. If you forget the formatting, it does not matter. The system partition will be formatted automatically when the system is installed. Other partitions can be manually formatted after the system is installed.

The above is a detailed explanation of the common methods of hard disk partitioning. The author uses the virtual machine demo, so it does not match the actual part in some details, but it does not affect the use of the tutorial. Users can use it as a reference.