As in the BIOS to partition the hard drive

To partition a disk into multiple partitions by using special programs or the OS – this option is available in Windows 7. To break up the regular disk utility on the Windows, just right click on the icon "My computer" and select context menu "Manage".

In the window "computer Management" locate and click "Manage diskmi". You will see the partitions of the disk, including hidden and if they are on your computer. Hidden partitions do not touch, your task is to partition a disk With two or more sections.

Just right click on the drive and select the context menu item "Shrink volume..." will Pop up a window seat request under the grip, wait until the place is found. Will appear a new window, by default, these parameters correspond to the partitioning of the disk roughly in half. The line "the amount of space to shrink" shows the size of the new disk. If you are not satisfied, just change it. Then click "Compress".

After the procedure, compression on the disk will appear Unallocated space. Click right-click and select the context menu "new simple volume". This will start the new volume wizard, click Next. In specify volume size I can't touch you, again click "Next". In the next window select the drive letter for the volume – for example, the D and again hit "Next". Then select the option of formatting the new volume with NTFS, put a check mark on the line "Quick format". After formatting the new drive is ready for operation.

In that case, if you need to partition the drive into a new computer without an OS installed, use the run from a bootable CD-disk utility Acronis Disk Director. This program offers plenty of features for working with diske, it can be used not only to split them, but also to recover lost after various failures sections.

When you run the program, select "Manual", it will give you the full set of features for working with diskmi. The process of splitting is very simple, but learn that the program does not perform all actions, but only stores them in memory. To implement the changes, click the programs menu item "Run" or click in the starting box.