partitioning hard drive in windows 8

Hi JigarVyas,

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to assist you.

It looks that you would like to partition the hard drive of your Laptop.

Let me ask you few questions:

1. Are you getting any error message?
2. What is the Make and the Model of your computer?

Please follow the steps given below to create a partition in the hard drive.

a) Hold the Windows key on your keyboard and press “R”

b) This will launch the Run the utility. Type “diskmgmt.msc” inside the text box and press Enter. This will open the Windows Disk Management utility.

c) To create unallocated space, you need to shrink your hard drive. When you shrink your hard disk, the remaining space becomes unallocated.

d) To do this, right-click your main drive and select “Shrink Volume.”

e) Now you need to enter the amount you want to shrink the hard disk by in megabytes.

f) After the Shrink is done, you will then see the region of unallocated space (shaded black). Remember, this space is not yet usable

g) Right-click the region of unallocated space and select “New Simple Volume.”

h) This will launch the New Simple Volume Wizard. This will guide you through the installation process

i) Assign the disk a drive letter. You can choose any drive letter that is not currently in use

j) Select a file system for the disk. The file system is basically the type of format or “foundation” the storage device has. If you plan on installing a Windows OS to the partition select the “NTFS” file system

k) Name the partition in the “Volume Label” text box. You can choose any name for your partition

l) Now click “Finish” to create the new partition.

I hope this resolves your issue, please write to us if you still have issues.

Thank you so much. I thought I ruined my hard drive. It is a  750 GB & it was only showing me that I had 75.9 GB after trying to go from windows 8 back to 7. now Im good after reading this. Thanks a million.

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Thank you. I found this article and completed the task that was previously stumping me.

New Gateway NE 522 series lap-top with:

• AMD Quad-Core Processor A4-5000
• 500 GB HDD
• 4 GB DDR3 Memory
• Windows 8 O/S

Upgrade to Windows 8.1 O/S is likely.

Wish to intelligently partition HDD to isolate (at least) the following major categories of files:

• Operating System, with adequate space for pre-installed Win8, Win8.1, and any future "upgrades".
• Application Programs
• Data Files (Primary Back-up target)

Request recommendations, including suggested Partition sizes, and step-by-step instructions to accomplish this, please.  Thank you.