Can I Create Two Partitions From the Drive I Currently Have Without Erasing Data?

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Roxanne· Answered on Aug 09, 2023

Yes, you can. Creating new partitions is a challenging task for most users, especially beginners. This post will introduce two valuable ways to create two partitions from your current drive without erasing data, including an all-featured third-party software and a Windows utility. Read on to learn additional details about the complete tutorial.

Method 1. Use EaseUS Partition Master to create a partition

If you want to create new partitions on the drive effortlessly and without worrying about losing data, retort to EaseUS Partition Master, a practical tool specializing in partition management. It can enable you to create new partitions, resize and move partitions. Install this software and use its partition-create feature for free.

Please refer to the guide below to create a new partition on your drive without deleting any files:

Step 1. Shrink existing partition to create unallocated space.

Right-click the partition with free space and click "Resize/Move."Resizing the partition by dragging any end of two sides of the partition. Click "OK." If you already have unallocated space, skip to step 2.

Step 2. Go to the "Partition Manager" section and right-click the unallocated space to click "Create."

Step 3. Customize the advanced settings that contain partition size, drive letter, partition label, and file system. Click "OK."

Step 4. Select "Execute 1 Task" and "Apply" to create a new partition on your target drive.

Method 2. Make new partitions by the built-in tool

Disk Management is a tool of Windows and may be complicated to operate for computer beginners. Thus, you must follow the instructions carefully, or you may lose your data. If you don't have any unallocated space on the drive, you need to resize the partition to make room for your new partition. Follow the detailed guide to find how to do it:

Step 1. Type diskmgmt.msc in the research box and hit Enter to open Disk Management.

Step 2. In Disk Management, right-click the target partition, then click "Shrink Volume."

Confirm the settings: Total size before shrink, Size of available shrink space, The amount of space to shrink, and Total size after shrink.

Step 3. Right-click the unallocated space to pick "New Simple Volume," customize the size, drive letter, and file system, and click "Next" after each. Select "Finish" to complete.