Win8.1/win10 comes with disk partitioning function using diagram

many new friends who start WIN8 or WIN10, still do not know WIN8 and WIN10 comes with disk partitioning function, blindly use other partitioning software for disk partitioning, but due to lack of experience I often encounter various problems and even cause the system to crash. For the rookie, the partitioning function of WIN8 and WIN10 is easier to understand than the partitioning software. The monks are not talented, and the actual combat experience is sorted out for your reference.

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Before disk partitioning, you should have a preliminary understanding and understanding of disk partitioning. How can partitioning facilitate computer file management and improve work efficiency? How to allocate disk space, divided into several areas, which is how big, this must be planned in advance to avoid detours. Of course, this cannot be generalized, and it depends on your actual situation. Here are some personal suggestions for disk partitioning, for reference only.

Disk partitions should be considered based on drive size, operating system and computer usage. The partition should not be too much. Generally, the home computer is divided into two areas (up to three) in addition to the system partition. That is to say, the single system is divided into three areas, and the dual system is divided into four areas.

C disk installation system and all applications, this may be a lot of friends to oppose, so that is not the C disk space is getting smaller and smaller affect the system running speed? I used to think so, but now I don’t think so. The application will occupy the same amount of space regardless of which disk it is installed on. The total disk space is unchanged unless external storage is added.

There are more free cloud disks now, why do you need to spend extra money to add external storage? In this case, you can allocate the C disk space enough to install all the applications on the C drive, which can completely solve the problem that the application crowds the C drive space to affect the system operation. There are many benefits to installing an application on a C drive. First of all, the default installation path of the application is generally C drive, which saves the trouble of installing each software to change the installation path;

Second, some foreign software can only be installed on the C drive. Even the installation path must be in English;

Third, the application installation process of WIN8, WIN10 application store can not intervene at all, there is no chance to choose the installation path, although there are ways to change the installation path, but it is also very troublesome. Newbie operations are also prone to problems.

If the system is reinstalled or one-click recovery, some software still needs to be reinstalled to work properly. Therefore, install all the applications on the C drive, make a backup when the system is running stable, and you don't have to re-install the application after the recovery, saving a lot of trouble. For WIN8 and WIN10 systems, it is recommended that the C drive size be 100G to 150G. If the hard disk is small, give priority to the system disk.

D disk is a hodgepodge. The default location for many applications to save downloaded files is the D drive or the one with the largest available space. Therefore, the D disk is also larger, which is more suitable than the other largest disk. The friend who likes to download large files such as videos can also be larger, so that you do not have to install each application to set the file save location. Save to the D drive, avoid the application to save the downloaded file to other disks, resulting in file confusion, and save the trouble of sorting files. All unimportant, entertaining, and confusing all are placed on the D drive.

E disk is used to store important personal files, not too big.

A hard disk of 1T or above can be divided into F disks for backup or experience dual system installation. 1T hard disk partition space reference:

C:150G D:415G E:200G F:150G

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For security reasons, it is recommended to back up important personal files to the mobile hard disk or cloud disk before partitioning to avoid loss!

The disk partition must first understand the difference between the physical order and the logical order of the disk. In the [Disk Management] interface, the order shown before and after is the physical order. Is the physical location on the disk, the physical order of the disk as shown below is CFDE. In the [Explorer] interface, the order shown is the logical order CDEF. The CDEF letters are just the names given to the physical location of the disk for easy access by the system. These letters can be changed. Disk partitioning is based on physical order, while accessing computer files is based on logical order. Understand that these are necessary for disk partitioning, otherwise you may miss the partition or even lose important files!

The four main points of disk partitioning: compressed volume, new volume, deleted volume, extended volume. The following takes Windows 8.1 as an example to explain the operation steps and precautions in detail.

Tools/Materials

Windows8.1 Computers

Methods/Steps 1 - Compressed Volumes

The purpose of compressed volumes is to The volume space is too large, compressing a certain space to merge into another volume or creating a new one.

1, first enter the [Disk Management] interface.

2, you can see here, there are recovery partitions, EFI partitions, OEM partitions, main partitions, etc., computer brand models are slightly different. The recovery partition, EFI partition and OEM partition are protected partitions for booting and system recovery. We cannot operate it and only operate on the primary partition.

3. After the installation of the new machine system is completed, there are generally two situations: one is that the primary partition has only one C drive, there is no other drive; the other is that there are C drive and D drive. In both cases, file management is not convenient and needs to be partitioned.

The first case is discussed below. This situation is the best partition. First plan several sub-areas. Each division is large. As long as it is planned, only compressed volumes and new volumes can be used. At this point, deleting the volume and expanding the volume is no longer necessary.

After entering [Disk Management], right click on the C drive and click [Compress Volume].

4. Enter the amount of compression space, and then click [Compress] after confirming the error. 1GB=1024MB

Compressed space amount=Total size before compression-The size of the compressed volume is expected to be reserved, as shown below: C disk is the compressed volume, the total size before compression is 300GB=307199MB, and it is expected to retain 150GB= 153600MB, the amount of compressed space is 307199MB-153600MB=153599MB. The total size after compression is the size to be retained, which will change with the amount of compressed space input. After inputting the amount of compressed space, you can click [Compress] after viewing the compressed total size. After compression, an unallocated partition is formed after the compressed volume. Because there is no drive letter assigned, it cannot be used. If the partition is not visible in the resource processor, you need to create a new volume.

Methods/Steps 2 - New Volumes

Before planning a new volume, plan for it. The unallocated partitions are divided into several volumes, and each volume is divided.

1. Right-click the unallocated partition and click [New Simple Volume].

2, click [Next].

3. Enter the size of the new volume and click [Next] after confirming it is correct.

4. Assign the drive number, then click [Next].

If it is a single system, the drive number can be kept as the default D drive. If you want to install a dual system, it is recommended to install in this partition, drive letter select H or the following letters.

5. Format, the volume label is edited by itself, other items remain the default, click [Next].

6. After confirming, click [Finish]. After the completion of the new volume, the remaining unallocated disk is left, and you can continue to create a new volume.

Methods/Step 3 - Delete Volumes

Delete volumes are prepared for extended volumes. Extended volumes can only be extended backwards and cannot be extended forward. A physical partition is not an unallocated partition but a volume. You need to delete the volume to form an unallocated partition to extend the previous volume.

1. Right-click the volume you want to delete and click [Delete Volume].

2, confirm that the deleted volume has no important files, just click [Yes]. If there is a file, go to the resource processor and move all the files of the volume to other non-system disks. After the move is completed, execute [Delete Volume].

Methods/Steps-Extension Volume

If the new machine system is installed, not only the C drive, but also the D drive, only the compressed volume and the new volume may not be used. Get the results of the partition we want.

There are two cases here:

One is that the C drive is too large, and can be compressed and built according to the above method;

The second is that the C drive is too small, you need Expand the volume.

1. Right-click the unallocated partition after the C drive, and then click [Extended Volume].

2, click [Next]

3, input the amount of space selected, select the amount of space = the estimated size of the expanded volume, and view the volume size after input. The total number is the size of the expanded volume. After confirming it, click [Next].

4, click [Finish]. If the expansion is not enough, you need to delete the following volumes to continue the expansion.

Methods/Steps 5-Others

The above four steps are the basic operations of disk partitioning. It is very simple, but the following situations may occur in actual operation. Some friends do not know How to get started.

1. After expanding a volume or creating a new volume, the remaining unallocated partitions do not want to build a separate volume. How do you merge them into subsequent volumes? As shown in the figure

2, first create a simple volume of the unallocated partition, and then move all the files of a volume after the resource processor award to the newly created volume (if there is no file) Ignore this operation), delete the next volume after the move is completed to form an unallocated partition, and then expand the newly created volume to merge the two partitions.

Precautions

Everything is risky, action should be cautious! When formatting and deleting a volume, confirm that there are no important files to execute.

The above is the use of the disk partition function of win8.1/win10. The introduction is very detailed. I hope you can understand it after reading it!