Partition 1tb hard-disk into 4 units

[Alan k mathew]

I have installed Windows 7 in my lap and it has 1 TB hard-disk.i need to partion into 4 units .i need equal space in all units.pls inform the amount of MB is needed to apply.

 

[AMDudeee]

Have you tried Disk Management?

 

[13thmonkey]

First off, as the answer seems to be trivial, what are you trying to achieve and why.

The trivial answer is around 250MB each, the precise answer is to use disk management and where you have the options for partitioning it will give you an exact total value, you then divide this by 4.

But these answers are possibly too simple for you to have asked the question, so what are you trying to achieve and why?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Ideally you should have partitioned the HDD how you want it before installing Windows.

If it's only got one partition at present which fills the entire disk, you're gonna have to wipe Windows, create a smaller partition for Windows and reinstall it.

Then boot in to Windows & use Disk Management to partition & format the remaining capacity to your requirements.

Not sure why you'd want to split a 1TB disk in to four partitions though. Two perhaps, but not four.

 

[13thmonkey]

Ideally you should have partitioned the HDD how you want it before installing Windows.

If it's only got one partition at present which fills the entire disk, you're gonna have to wipe Windows, create a smaller partition for Windows and reinstall it.

Just use disk management to defrag and then shrink the 1TB partition, and then partition the remaining space. Backup first obviously.

 

[RolandJS]

If four is what you want, four is what you get. To test something awhile back, I first split the HD into two partitions as evenly as the hardware would allow. I think one was .X larger than the other. Then I took each of the twin partitions and divided them in two as evenly as the hardware would allow (in this case, both new twins were listed as exactly the same size). There are numerous partition managers around, free and pay-for; I just happened to use Acronis Disk Director 12.

 

[13thmonkey]

If four is what you want, four is what you get. To test something awhile back, I first split the HD into two partitions as evenly as the hardware would allow. I think one was .X larger than the other. Then I took each of the twin partitions and divided them in two as evenly as the hardware would allow (in this case, both new twins were listed as exactly the same size). There are numerous partition managers around, free and pay-for; I just happened to use Acronis Disk Director 12.

why not just create 4 of the sizes that you want, rather than create 2 and destroy/shrink each of them when you split it.

 

[RolandJS]

Why not just create 4 of the sizes that you want, rather than create 2 and destroy/shrink each of them when you split it.

What destroying? My process involves 3 splittings and no destroying that I know of

 

[13thmonkey]

Why not just create 4 of the sizes that you want, rather than create 2 and destroy/shrink each of them when you split it.

What destroying? My process involves 3 splittings and no destroying that I know of

True, you are correct, but changing a partition is more complex and therefore error prone than just making one of the right size in the first place.

 

[RolandJS]

13thmonkey, in the past, when I needed several even-numbered partitions for test purposes, I've done it your way and my way. Either way, it must be done carefully and thoughtfully as you have implied, and only after full images of existing OS and data partition have been made.