How to partition Hard drive in Windows 11 without erasing data
Oct 25, 2025
On purchasing a brand-new computer, the hard drive usually has a single partition. However, you may need multiple partitions to organize your data and even protect it from data loss.
You can view partitioning your hard drive as creating sections within it, with each partition being independent of the others. A fear when partitioning your hard drive, or performing any such intrusive operation on your hard disk, is that you may accidentally erase data stored on it.
In this video, I’ll break down the process of partitioning your hard drive without erasing your data.
Link: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/re-partition-a-hard-drive-in-windows-10-without-erasing-data
00:00 Intro
00:45 Confirm that the file system is NTFS
01:08 Convert FAT32 file system to NTFS
01:42 Create a new partition
03:00 Create partitions using DISKPART
04:07 Additional DISKPART commands
commands:
Extend size=10000
DELETE partition
clean all
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