{"id":8647,"date":"2019-08-14T07:54:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2021-11-19T10:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T10:11:31","slug":"partition-new-laptop-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/partition-new-laptop-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Partition a New Laptop in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you get a new laptop, you are probably confused about whether or not to partition your new laptop and how to partition it. In this post, we will show you the benefits of partition and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/partition-new-laptop-windows-10\">how to partition the HDD or SSD of new laptop in Windows 10\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>without any third-party tool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/how-to-partition-a-new-laptop-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"how to partition a new laptop in windows 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/how-to-partition-a-new-laptop-in-windows-10.png 680w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/how-to-partition-a-new-laptop-in-windows-10-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\nFirstly, if you don\u2019t partition, your new laptop has only one partition (shown below). Once the operating system crashes and needs to be formatted, all the files in C drive will be affected.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/before-partitioning.png\" alt=\"before-partitioning\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, if you create a new partition separating from C Drive, it is beneficial for the stability of the system. Creating smaller drives can also help you manage different files in larger hard drives (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-partition-a-1-tb-hard-drive-sensibly-2\/\">partition\u00a01 TB hard drive<\/a>\u00a0below). As a result, we should partition a new laptop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/after-partitioning.png\" alt=\"after-partitioning\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#part1\">Part 1:\u00a0Shrink the volume of C drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part2\">Part 2:\u00a0Create a new volume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part3\">Tips about partition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"part1\">Part 1:\u00a0Shrink the volume of C drive<\/h2>\n<p>Step 1: Press the <strong>Windows Logo key + R<\/strong> to open a Run dialog.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Type <strong><em>diskmgmt.msc<\/em><\/strong> into the Run dialog, then click OK to launch Windows\u2019 Disk Management utility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/opening-disk-management.png\" alt=\"launch Windows\u2019 Disk Management utility\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Right-click on the only one partition (C:). Click <strong>Shrink Volume<\/strong> in the context menu and wait for a minute after clicking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shrinking-C-volume.png\" alt=\"Shrink Volume\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/querying-volume.png\" alt=\"wait for a minute after clicking\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Type the amount of space you want to shrink from C Drive and click <strong>Shrink<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/type-amount-of-space-to-shrink.png\" alt=\"Type the amount of space to shrink\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attentions<\/strong>: You cannot shrink the amount of space more than the size of available shrink space. What&#8217;s more, make sure leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-much-space-should-be-allocated-for-c-drive-on-windows-10\/\">enough space for C Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part2\">Part 2: Create a new volume<\/h2>\n<p>Step 1: Right-click the unallocated space and click <strong>New Simple Volume<\/strong> in the context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/New-a-Simple-Volume.png\" alt=\"New Simple Volume\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Click <strong>Next<\/strong> on the New Simple Volume Wizard window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"379\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/new-simple-volume-wizard.png\" alt=\"new simple volume wizard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/new-simple-volume-wizard.png 480w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/new-simple-volume-wizard-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Choose a volume size you want to allocate and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Specify-amount-of-space.png\" alt=\"Choose a volume size\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions and prompts like assign the drive letter and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Assign-drive-letter-or-path.png\" alt=\"assign the drive letter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Choose the settings by yourself and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Choose-settings-of-your-preference.png\" alt=\"Choose the settings by yourself\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Attentions<\/strong>: If you are unclear what to choose, it will be better to leave the default settings unmodified.<\/p>\n<p>Step 6: Click <strong>Finish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"378\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/finish-partitioning-volume.png\" alt=\"finish partitioning volume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/finish-partitioning-volume.png 480w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/finish-partitioning-volume-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\nThe above steps will instruct you to create a new partition in Windows 10 when you get a new laptop. You can start from <a href=\"#part2\">Part 2<\/a> and follow the steps to create another partition with the rest of unallocated partition in new laptop.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part3\">Tips about partition<\/h2>\n<h3>Tip 1<\/h3>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that you should think carefully about how many partitions you want to create and how much space for each partition before you start to partition. The unallocated space can only be allocated to the partition on its left. So, it is troublesome to adjust the size of each partition after you have already partitioned.<\/p>\n<h3>Tip 2<\/h3>\n<p>If you encounter a problem that the maximum available shrink space is just a half of the total size of C drive, you can increase the maximum size of available shrink space by turning off system protection.<\/p>\n<h3>Tip 3<\/h3>\n<p>If your laptop has been used for a while after partitioning and you want to re-partition it without data loss, it is highly recommended that you install a reliable and \u00a0secure third-party tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/clonego\/\"><strong>CloneGo<\/strong><\/a> to copy and backup your data safely and re-partition more conveniently.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-partition-a-1-tb-hard-drive-sensibly-2\/\">How to Partition a 1 TB Hard Drive Sensibly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-much-space-should-be-allocated-for-c-drive-on-windows-10\/\">How Much Space Should be Allocated for C Drive On Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-c-drive-space-from-d-drive-in-windows-without-data-loss\/\">How to Increase C Drive Space from D Drive in Windows without Data Loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/computer\/how-to-do-partition-to-partition-clone-exactly-in-windows.html\">How to Do Partition to Partition Clone \/Copy Exactly in Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you get a new laptop, you are probably confused about whether or not to partition your new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,254,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computer","category-hdd","category-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9643,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions\/9643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}