How to partition a hard drive using windows XP

Partitioning a hard drive is a relatively straightforward task thanks to the user friendly Microsoft Disk Management software built into Windows XP.

Located within the Computer Management application, Disk Management offers the user a whole host of disk management tasks, including partitioning and formatting to name but a few.

For those wanting to know how to partition a hard drive using windows XP, do the following:

Click on ‘Disk Management’ towards the bottom of the left hand pane, and wait for your computer to scan your disks.

In the right hand pane you will see each physical disk within your computer on a separate row, and each disk is displayed with it broken up into its partitions - in the example shown there is one physical disk which is partitioned into two.

Locate the physical drive you want to create a partition on, right click on an unallocated section of the disk, then select ‘New Partition’.

Please note the following:

You will need to be logged into the computer as a user with administrative rights.