Partition Hard Drive Windows 10 for Free

Windows 10 hard drive partition problem

Hey guys, are you feeling helpless to partition hard drive Windows 10 for free? How many of you guys have recently upgraded Windows OS to Windows 10? And do you know how to partition hard drive in Windows 10? I’m wondering whether it’s possible to create and manage partition in Windows 10 hard drive with a free method?

Can it be possible for me to manage or partition my Windows 10 hard drive? And do you know any free methods? Any recommendations or suggestions will be great.”

Suggestions to partition hard drive Windows 10 for free

Partitioning or managing hard drive or disk in Windows 10 is an unavoidable operation for all new Windows 10 users especially those who just installed or reinstalled Windows 10. And this is really a big challenge for ordinary inexperienced users. You may feel like to find a solution to such a problem. Here now we’ll introduce you two methods to help you partition hard drive in Windows 10.

One solution is to try disk management tool which is offered by Microsoft. The other one is to try professional free partition management software.

Solution one: partition hard drive Windows 10 for free with Disk Management

It’s sort of complex to try disk management in Windows 10 to partition the hard drive. Therefore, you’re highly recommended to backup important data in the hard drive.

1.Enter into the Windows 10 Disk Management interface.

2.Search "hard disk partitions" at the Start Menu or Search tool. Right-click the hard drive and select “Shrink Volume”.

3.Right-click on the unallocated space and select "New Simple Volume". Enter New Simple Volume Wizard interface by clicking Next and specify volume size.

4. Assign Drive Letter or Path, then format the partition into default file system NTFS. Click Finish to complete creating a new partition in Windows 10.

Be careful while you are doing the above operations. Or mistake operation may get all your data lost.

Solution 2: partition hard drive Windows 10 for free with partition management software

If you feel too complex to partition and manage hard drive in Windows 10 with Disk Management, a professional partition management software is what you exactly need. It offers an excellent solution for helping partition hard drive and disk in Windows 10. Here you may try EaseUS Partition Master Free which enables you to solve all partition management issues easily including to free partition external hard drive Windows 10 easily. 

Now you can directly download this software and follow next steps to partition hard drive Windows 10:

1. Download EaseUS Partition Master Free and launch it on your computer.

2.Select an unallocated area on your external hard drive in Windows 10 and right click it by choosing “Create partition”. If you need perform other operation, select relative button on the interface to manage partition.

3.Choose "Apply". Then your partitions are created successfully on Windows 10 free.

After you’ve finished the above steps, you can use those partitions to manage your data and store files there. EaseUS Partition Master Free is also an excellent merge partition freeware for doing more partition operations including partition external hard drive etc.