When you add an external hard drive, you may do so for a number of reasons. But once you have that hard drive installed, creating different partitions for different purposes can expand your available options. Partitioning an external hard drive is just like partitioning an internal hard drive---just be sure that you are careful when you start your partitioning and make sure you are working with the external hard drive and not a drive that you want---partitioning a drive will immediately erase all information on the drive forever.
Step 1:
Check your external hard drive to ensure that there is no data on the hard drive that you want. As soon as you start the partitioning process, all data on that drive will be completely and forever erased.
Step 2:
Run the Microsoft Management Console. This can be started by typing "MMC" in a
command prompt
window, or just typing "MMC" in the "Start Search" box in the Windows Start menu.
Step 3:
In MMC, add the Disk Management snap-in. This can be done through the File menu by selecting add snap-in. Select "Disk Management" from the list.
Step 4:
Right-click on the disk in the list of disks at the bottom of the snap-in. From this short-cut menu, you will have various options related to the partitioning of the drive. You can expand the partition, delete the partition, or shrink the partition. You can also mark it as the primary partition if you like.
Step 5:
Format the new partitions. Using the same shortcut menu, you should format all the partitions that you wish to use. You can also set their drive letters here if you like, so your operating system will know which drive is which letter
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