Step 1: Select the partition where you want to add a new partition to. Then right click on the partition and select “Resize/Move Partition”, which appears as the second item from the top in the drop-down menu. (If you just want to shrink the partition, don’t add a new one.)
Step 2: The “Resize/Move Partition” dialog will appear and ask if you want to add a new partition or resize the existing one. Please select “Add” from the drop-down menu to create a new partition.
Step 3: The “Create Disk Partition” dialog will appear and let you choose the size of the new partition to be created. You can click on the “Advanced” button to set a Custom value for the size of the partition in the Case 1: Set size in MB or Case 2: Specify size in GB and Bytes box, but if you want to resize the partition to be exactly 5 GB, please type “5041648”, which is 500 MB x 1024 MB (1 GB =
Step 4: When “Do you want to use the selected partition as the last partition?” appears and you check “No”, the Add Partition dialog will then pop up and tell you how much free space is left on your disk if you resize or shrink the partition. You can also set a letter for the new partition.
Step 5: When you are about to create the partition, please ensure you have checked “Perform a quick format…” before clicking “OK”.
Step 6: To check the new partition has been created, go to “Disk Management” from the lower pane and then double click to expand the disk drive. If a new partition has been created, you will then see the new partition as well.
Step 7: To format the new partition, please right click on it and select “Format” from the drop-down menu. After that, you can follow the instructions and create a label for the new partition.
Step 8: The new partition is now ready for you to use. You can also access it through My Computer and then remove the old partition from the partition list.
Step 9: To open the new partition, you can right click on the partition and choose “New Simple Volume” from the drop-down menu. Now you can follow the instructions under Step 1: Select the partition in “Step 2: The ‘Resize/Move Partition’ dialog will appear.” in this tutorial to format the newly added partition.
Step 10: Now you can choose the letter and format of the new partition you want to create. The “Create Disk Partition” dialog will appear and you can click on the “OK” button to create the partition.
