Introduction to the techniques of disk partitioning in WinXP system

Introduction to the techniques of disk partitioning in WinXP system

1. Partition and format the hard disk in one minute

Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Manage" command. In the Computer Management window that opens, expand Computer Management → storage → disk management. You can then see the partition of the current hard disk in the right pane.

Right-click on unassigned disk space and select new Disk Partition command. In the Pop-up Disk Partition wizard window, select the partition type "Extended Partition", click "Next", enter the capacity size of the new partition, then set the partition's disk file format, and check the "unformatted" item, and finally click the "Finish" button to complete the partition operation. Then open "My Computer", right click New Partition, select the "format" command, use the quick format, you can in one minute, complete the partition to the format of all operations.

2. Fold and Merge disk partitions

If a partition on your hard disk is too large, you can split it into two partitions. First, save all the files in the partition to a different partition. Then right click on the partition in Disk Management and select "Delete logical Partition" command. After confirmation completes the partition deletion, the partition is recognized as "Unassigned" disk space in the list.

After that, on the unassigned disk space, use the new Partition command to set the space size of the new partition, and format the newly created two partitions.

When you need to merge two partitions, you can save all the data and use the delete logical partition command to obtain two blank unassigned partitions. Then select the Unassigned section, right-click and select New Disk Partition command to complete the merge of the partitions.

3. Compressed partitions increase disk space

If a disk partition is tense, and the data in that partition is not read frequently, you can compress the partition to "increase" the space available for use. Because compressed partitions must be in the NTFS disk format, for partitions that use FAT32 disk format, you can convert the partition to NTFS disk format by executing the Convert Letter/fs:ntfs command in the command Line prompt window. Then, right click on the partition you want to compress, and select the Properties command. Select the General tab in the Open window and check the "Compress drive to save disk space" item. After you close the window, the system will perform a disk compression operation, and when you are done, you will find that the partition's remaining space is increased.