How To Partition Hard Drive in Windows 8.1 - Three Simple Steps

When you bought a new Laptop or PC, the hard drive may be 500GB, 1 TB or something. It may have only one partition (C: \ drive) or two drives C and D. The first thing you need to do is to make partitioning of the C drive.

Disk partitioning is essentially separating the hard disk into different sections or parts for storage. Separate partition of hard disk makes you manage your files conveniently in a more efficient way.

Note. Before doing this it is recommended to make a backup of your System Files. I used AOMEI Backupper.

There are mainly two methods to make hard disk partition in Windows 8.1, namely

Disk Management and a third-party free partition manager software. I prefer the third-party software because it is much more easier to handle and has more features.

I will explain you how to use “AOMEI Partition Assistant” a third-party software.

AOMEI Partition Assistant is a professional and advanced partition software, not only includes basic features, but also advanced features, such as Move Partition, Merge Partition, Disk Copy Wizard, etc.

Step1: Install AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition in your system. 

Step2: Launch the program and right click on C drive and select Create Partition option. 

In the pop-up window, adjusting the new partition size manually by dragging the slider bar leftwards or rightwards or entering the exact size. In addition, you can enter a partition label, select partition type (Primary or Logical) and file system by clicking "Advanced>>" option.

Step3: Click "OK". You can see that Windows 8.1 hard drive has a new partition. Click "Apply" to complete the operations.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard  can be downloaded from the link :  http://download.cnet.com/AOMEI-Partition-Assistant-Standard-Edition/3000-18512_4-75118871.html?part=dl-&subj=dl&tag=button