Dividing hard drive right in Windows 10 does not lose data

Normally, each physical hard drive will be equivalent to a partition of data on the computer, this is easy to see when you buy a new computer will only have a single drive that is drive C. This will cause inconvenience when we store data and will probably lose all data if the computer crashes and has to reinstall windows. Therefore, the partitioning on the hard drive is essential, helping us manage data more easily. The following article of TipsMake.com will guide you how to split the hard drive right on windows 10 without losing data and without installing additional software. Invite you to follow!

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Step 1 : Right-click on This PC icon and then select Manage

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Step 2:  In the new window select Disk Management and you will see your hard drives are displayed as Disk 0, Disk 1 as shown below, if your computer has only 1 hard drive, it will show only show Disk 0.

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1. Split the hard drive

Step 1 : To divide the hard drive, right-click on the hard drive and select Shrink Volume .

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Step 2 : A new window appears, enter the amount of partition you want to split, the number available is the maximum amount you can split, then click Shrink

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Step 3 : Wait a moment and windows will create us a new partition, but this partition is undefined and unused, so we will have to create a new one by right-clicking and selecting New Simple. Volume .

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Step 4 : A new window appears, click Next .

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Step 5 : Continue to click Next, you can change the volume of the partition in the Simple volume box if desired.

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Step 6 : You choose the letter name for the partition and then click Next .

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Step 7 : Name the new partition and click Next , then at the last step, click Finish .

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Thus we have created a new partition named Giai Tri

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2. Delete and merge partitions

To merge 2 partitions, you must first delete one partition before you can merge it into a new partition. Note that before deleting the partition, copy all the important data in that partition to other places, otherwise you will lose data.

Step 1 : Right-click the partition you want to delete and select Delete Volume, if a message appears, click Yes .

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Step 2 : After deleting the partition you need to delete, right-click on the partition you want to expand and select Extend Volume

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Step 3 : A new window appears, select Next

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Step 4 : Next, select the amount of space to expand and click Next , then click Finish to complete.

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So we have combined 2 drives into 1 as before:

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Above is a tutorial on how to split a hard drive on Windows 10 without installing additional software and without losing data with just a few simple steps. Hopefully the article will help you, wish you success!