You can partition C drive in Windows 11/10 without formatting using Shrink Volume or Diskpart command line & create a new partition out of it. Learn the procedure here.

Learn how to fix Windows cannot format the system partition on this disk issue while formatting a partition/volume in dual boot.

Divide your hard drive into multiple partitions to improve performance and simplify backups.

Last week, I discussed how to use this command on the various disk partitions on a hard drive, including the formatting of a disk partition.

How to use DiskPart to Format a Disk Partition If you face a problem in formatting the system hard disk partition, external hard drive, or the USB Flash drive, then using DiskPart, you can easily ...

Step one in making a gradual migration to Windows 7 is partitioning your hard drive. It's easy, especially if you have Vista.

A partition separates a section of a physical disk into another virtual drive. When you split a hard drive into two partitions, you're creating a separate disk that your operating system (like ...

Partitioning means writing the hard drive sectors that will make up the partition table. It contains information on the partition, including sector size, position with respect to the primary partition ...

There are only two reasons to partition or format (or both) a PC hard disc drive: one, because it is a brand new drive that you're about to install on your machine, or two, the programs or data ...

It seems more and more likely I may end up with an advanced format drive the next time I add space to my WHS. It sounds like I should be able to create the partitions on a Windows 7 machine first ...