How do you create extended partition in Windows 7?

Answer 1

You can create new partition in Windows 7 by using Win7 built in disk management program. To create new partition in Windows 7 follow below steps:

Step 1: Go to Start Menu -> Right Click to My Computer -> and then Click Manage.

Step 2: This will be brought to the Computer Management Program.

Step 3: Now click on the Storage that is located in left menu and then under it click on Disk Management.

Step 4: After that select the Drive that you want to partition, in this example I will select the "New Volume E:".

Step 5: Now right click on the drive that you want to shrink and then select Shrink Volume.

Step 6: After that a pop-up window open which shows the size of hard drive and total amount available space to shrink. Inter the amount to that you want to shrink or create partition.

Step 7: Once you entered your values, click Shrink, it will take few minuted depending on the size of the drive and amount to shrink. So be patient and once it's done you will see an unallocated space in the below disk details. Now select it and right click and then select New Simple Volume.

Step 8: Follow the wizard screen instructions and fill the size of partition.

Step 9: And now in finally format page, Ensure that NTFS is selected and then enter you desired name of your Drive.

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