How to Partition C Drive in Windows 11 Without Formatting
83How to Partition C Drive in Windows 11 Without Formatting.
To partition a hard drive in Windows means to section off a part of it and make that part available to the operating system.
When we talk about “drives” labeled C:, D:, and so forth, we’re actually talking about partitions, sections of the physical drive. Every hard drive in use has at least one partition. You can shrink that partition and create new ones out of the extra space. You’ll find this useful if you want to install more than one operating system, or if you want to truly separate programs and data.
In other words, a hard drive isn't useful to your operating system until it's partitioned. Additionally, it's not available to you to store files on until you format it (which is another, just as simple process).
Most of the time, this "part" of the hard drive is the entire usable space, but creating multiple partitions on a hard drive is also possible so that you can store backup files in one partition, movies in another, etc.
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This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung.