Add another drive in your computer without formatting the whole system.
Many people who are tech savvy but still there is always something to learn more. I saw people formatting there whole system to just add another drive in their computer. Let say you have two drives in your system (C:) and (E:). Now you want to add another drive. So here many people format the whole computer to just add another drive. As I said earlier there always something to learn. So here I am to guide you how to add another drive without formatting your entire system which can save you alot of time.
Tip : First thing you need to do is backup all the data from drive (E:), because here we are going to break it up so we can create a new drive
Here is the step by step guide
Step 1 : Right click on computer icon and then a menu box will appear. Click on manage and will take you to the computer management window
Step 2 : Now click on storage and then click on disk management. There you can see all the partitions currently having in your computer.
Step 3 : Now select which drive you want to partition here we are partitioning drive (E:) so right click on it, then click on shrink volume.
Step 4 : After system queries the drive, a new window will appear, which shows the size of the drive before and followed by the available shrink space. In the 3rd line you can enter the amount of space you want in your new drive.
Step 5 : After putting all the values click on shrink and wait.
This may take some time depending on size of the drive to be shrunk
Once its done a new window will appear which shows the new unallocated space. Right click on the unallocated space and then select the option New Simple Volume
Step 6 : Now the New Simple Volume Wizard will appear, click next. Then enter the same value you used to shrunk
Step 7 : Assign a letter to the newly created drive of your choice, click next.
Step 8 : Now a format page will appear and make sure file system selected is NTFS, click next.
Step 9 : Now its done, you can see a summary page displayed on your screen, now you can simply click finish.
This is how you can create partition without full formatting or using any software.
