Reasons why you need to divide into several sections HDD, everyone is different. For some, this is an opportunity to systematize the necessary information and store it competently; someone using multiple partitions uses multiple operating systems to work on their computer or laptop. Finally, if the hard drive is divided into several parts, then it is easier to defragment them separately.
This program is rightfully considered one of the best or even the best splitter hard drive.
This is the most simple program, which will help you effectively manage multiple systems and different programs.
Its main advantages are the elimination of errors in partitions, the conversion of file systems and data protection. Another advantage is that this utility is very popular, because there are many background information online.
Any version of Windows has a Disk Management feature: this is the simplest, most affordable and quite effective tool that allows you to change partitions.
Each version of Windows OS has its own differences, but in the most popular ones (Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 8) there are no fundamental differences. Let's take a closer look at how to break a hard Windows disk using this utility.
The program opens through the Start menu, and in the "Disk Management" item, even novice users using the three main items (Expand, Shrink and Delete Volume) perform all the necessary actions in real time. Special knowledge is not required for this - it is enough to give affirmative or negative answers and press the necessary menu items.
There is only one drawback of the regular program - there are risks of failures that lead to the loss of certain sections. The risk exists if there is a disc or mass unnecessary programs, or when trying to split the partition of the hard drive in which Windows is running: the processor does not always unequivocally respond to an attempt to "experiment" on the system partition.
Two programs that can be downloaded absolutely free from the net - EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition and Paragon Partition Manager 11 Free - are also easy to learn and use, but require certain knowledge.
The program helps not only to partition the hard disk, but also to create, copy, resize or completely delete partitions; as well as restore deleted partitions.
The disadvantage that affects the popularity of the program is the only English version. But with knowledge in English you can appreciate the excellent functionality and predictability of the program, stability of work and the ability to carry out all procedures in virtual mode - at any time you can correct a settings error, cancel the disk partition procedure and restore the original data.
The program is again with an English-language interface, but for a beginner it is more interesting than the previous one - the main windows are quite visual and simplify orientation in the functions. The disadvantages of the program include low speed and unpredictability.
If funds allow, you can buy a Russian-language version of this program for money, but it still retains the main shortcomings of the English-language product.
These programs have advanced functionality - support for various disks and flash drives, the ability to convert file systems, create bootable media, and much more. The fundamental differences are in speed, functionality and accessibility.
This program is free manager, which simplifies the work with logical disks: a system reboot is not required when creating, formatting or deleting disk partitions.
Even if you accidentally delete important partition data, the program will help you restore them!
But the lack of the ability to change the size of disks (the partition must first be deleted, and then another one must be created in the same place) leaves no chance of recovering the lost information.
Experienced users can use the equally simple and accessible MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition manager. The main advantage of the program is the ability to work as a separate hard drive, and RAID arrays created on the basis of two or more disks.
This article talks about how to create, modify or delete hard disk partitions. Windows tools 7.
To work with hard disk partitions in Windows 7, there is a tool called "Disk Management": Control Panel → System and Security → Administrative Tools → Computer Management → Disk Management OR Start → in the search bar enter: diskmgmt.msc and press Enter.
1. Section creation
click right click mouse on a free, not occupied by other partitions, place of the desired hard disk → Create a simple volume… The Create Wizard window will open. simple volumes”, click the “Next” button. Then specify the size of the partition to be created, assign a drive letter, select the required file system and formatting options, once again make sure that you did everything correctly and click "Finish"
2. Partition compression
Shrink Volume... A message box will appear asking for a place to compress, wait until the end of the poll. Then in the window that appears in the line "size of compressed space" specify the amount of free space and click "Compress"
3. Partition extension
Right click on the desired section → Extend Volume... The "Extend Volume Wizard" window will appear, click the "Next" button. Then select the desired free area in the list, click "Add", then specify the size of the allocated section free space, click "Next", check the information and click "Finish"
4. Deleting a section
Right click on the desired section → Delete volume... Before continuing the operation, copy all the necessary files and folders to another drive, because. After deleting a volume, all data on it will be lost.
5. Change drive letter
Right click on the desired section → Change Drive Letter or Drive Path... Click on the Change button, select the desired drive letter and click OK. Next, we will take a closer look at ways to expand disks and not harm the information stored on them.
In order to divide the hard disk into partitions, you need to go to the "Start" menu → right-click on "Computer" and click on "Management".
In the window that appears, go to the "Disk Management" section.
Select the hard drive and partition you want to partition and right-click on it.
In the drop-down menu, you need to select "Shrink volume" and then select the size to which you want to reduce the existing partition. The space freed up after compression will be the new hard disk partition.
To create a new partition, you need to right-click on the free space and select "create volume". Then specify the size of the new partition and wait for the operation to complete. Sooner or later, any computer user is faced with such a problem as lack of free space on the system partition of the hard drive. This is where the question arises: How to expand C drive?
First we need to go to the "Computer Management" tab (see above).
When this tab opens, you will see in the window all the media that is currently connected to the computer. Each hard disk can be divided into several logical ones. The very first one will be "Disk 0". The space reserved by the system and the logical partitions (C, D, E, F, etc.) will be displayed on the right. If you have only one C drive and it is full, then you can try "Compress Volume" (see above). If you have several logical partitions, then go ahead.
Windows 8 provides the same tools for increasing space. Therefore, this method is also applicable on this operating system.
Partitioning a hard drive into partitions in the Windows 7 operating system is a very simple thing. You can see for yourself if you partition and create a new partition according to the described algorithm.
*MBR (Master Boot Record) PC master boot record - table in the first sector boot disk A that stores information about the physical and logical organization of the disk. If this entry is corrupted, booting the OS becomes impossible.
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For some reason, many users believe that the processor is the heart of the computer. (for some game lovers - video card 👌). But purely in my opinion - the most important piece of hardware in a computer / laptop is a disk (HDD / SSD).
Whatever the breakdown of the hardware (if it is not related to the disk) - by replacing and repairing it, you will restore your work and continue it as if nothing had happened. But if the hard drive "flies", then data recovery is far from always Just...
Okay lyrics, on this page I want to collect the most necessary and useful programs to work with the hard drive. I cite only the most popular and relevant programs that I myself have used more than once or twice.
I really like this utility for its clarity and focus on novice users. All you have to do is install the program, after a while you will know:
The utility works continuously (minimized in tray, next to the clock), and when alarms appear, it will notify you in time. What else is needed for diagnostics for inexperienced users ?!
Note. : not only work on PC is supported, but also on laptops, netbooks, etc. SSD drives are also supported.
One of the most famous utilities for testing and diagnosing disks. The program allows testing: HDD, FDD, CD/DVD, USB/Flash/SCSI.
Main functions:
In general, I must admit that the program is not very friendly and easy for novice users. It must be used with caution - here, more than ever, it is correct: "if you don't know, don't press!".
Very popular free program for diagnostics hard drives. Allows for a fairly accurate diagnosis of fur. parts of drives, view SMART attributes, scan for bad sectors (note: ), it contains various tests, and other useful functions.
Excellent program for testing disks. Its main advantage over MHDD and Victoria (discussed above) is support for all drives with a wide variety of interfaces: ATA/ATAPI/SATA, SSD, SCSI and USB.
By the way, the program does not work under Windows, to run it you need to write bootable media (flash drive or CD/DVD), and after booting from it, run the utility.
A very high-quality utility for checking HDD and SSD for bad sectors, viewing S.M.A.R.T., for setting up special. settings (power management, acoustic mode adjustment, etc.).
Hard disk temperature can be displayed on the taskbar (to keep abreast of how things are going 👌).
Supported drives:
A decent program for monitoring the status of hard drives that support S.M.A.R.T.
The program displays detailed information about your drives: interface, total operating time, firmware, serial number, standard, allows you to manage AAM/APM settings, (useful when your drive is noisy), displays the S.M.A.R.T. (read errors, track search time, number of on-off cycles, performance, spindle starts/stops, sector errors, etc.).
One of the best programs to clean up the computer from garbage, fix errors, edit the registry, remove invalid shortcuts, etc. Allows you to tidy up your Windows in a few minutes and make it work much faster.
Using the program is very simple: just install and run. In my example below, I did just that - it turned out that there were enough problems (although I regularly use Windows cleaning wizards...).
Found problems after scanning in System Care
Also note that after installing Advanced System Care- a special manager appears in the upper right corner of the screen: it shows the current CPU and RAM usage (in percent).
Thanks to this manager, you can take screenshots, watch disk, memory, processor loading, perform quick cleaning, diagnostics. In general, it replaces the task manager ...
A free comprehensive cleaning utility for your Windows. Cleans various debris: temporary junk files, "leftovers" from remote programs, browsing history in browsers (all popular ones are supported: Firefox, Opera, Chrome, etc.).
There is a portable version: which does not need to be installed. The program works in all popular Windows versions: XP, 7, 8, 10.
This program allows you to deep clean your Windows systems and hard drive from a variety of debris. As much garbage as Wise Disk Cleaner finds - no other utility will find it!
In addition to its main purpose, the program has a built-in defragmenter. The defragmentation carried out after cleaning has a very good effect on the responsiveness and performance of the hard disk.
Wise Disk Cleaner has a convenient and pleasant interface: all the main tabs are located on top, by clicking on one of them you can quickly complete the current task. In general, some positive emotions from such software 👌!
A very convenient and multifunctional program for working with hard drives. Its capabilities are more than enough for the average user, here you are: resizing the partition (no formatting), moving a disk partition, joining (merging) partitions (no loss of information), delete partition, format, master Reserve copy, HDD to SSD Migration Wizard, and much more.
What especially deserves attention: all operations with disks are performed using a step-by-step wizard, which at each stage will tell you what is used and what for. Also, most operations with disks occur without data loss. (unless the program warned otherwise).
Aomei Partition Assistant - what can be done with the HDD partition
A very powerful and reliable tool for managing disks and volumes on a computer.
Main functions: split and merge disk volumes, disk formatting (all popular file systems are supported: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Exts, Ext3, Reiser3, Linux or SWAP), recovery of accidentally deleted volumes, the ability to boot the program offline (without Windows usage- for this you need to prepare in advance bootable flash drive) and etc.
A very convenient combine for working with a hard drive: it allows you to perform the entire list of operations that an ordinary PC user may need.
Main functions:
The best free solution for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP that will help you create, delete, resize, move, expand, split, format, clone partitions of any disks: HDD, SSD, USB drives (flash drives, disks, etc.), memory cards, and other storage media.
The program allows you to change the file system (from FAT32 to NTFS) without data loss, change the MBR disk layout to GPT or the reverse operation - GPT disk layout to MBR (also without data loss).
In general, a convenient and indispensable manager for working with disks (certainly more convenient than the wizard built into Windows...).
If, when opening any files from a disk, your PC began to think, does it slowly and not immediately, then in the most harmless case, this is to blame fragmentation.
To fix this disgrace, you need to reverse the operation - defragmentation(such a tautology ✌).
defragmentation- the process of optimizing the storage of information on the disk to ensure a continuous sequence of clusters.
In general, if you deviate from incomprehensible terms, then after defragmentation your disk starts to work faster: reading and writing files is accelerated. Thanks to this, your programs become more responsive, it becomes more pleasant to work on such a PC!
By the way, Windows also has its own defragmentation wizard, but in my opinion it does not work perfectly ... Therefore, I will give a couple of necessary utilities.
Despite its compact size - this utility will give odds to many competitors! The program works very fast, optimizes the file system, thereby accelerating your work. Needless to say, the program is used by more than 11 million users around the world!
Main functions:
A free and small utility for defragmenting HDDs, USB drives, memory cards, floppy disks. By the way, the launch time setting is very convenient in the program - you can set the work schedule so that the disk is analyzed and defragmented when you are not working on your PC.
Main functions of MyDefrag:
A free defragmenter from the manufacturer of the CCleaner utility (Piriform Ltd). The program allows you to work with both the entire disk partition and separate files and folders.
After analysis desired section hard disk: the program will display a list of fragmented files. You can select the ones you need and Defraggler will quickly optimize their placement. As a result, you do not waste time on defragmenting the entire disk. (in general, in some cases it is very convenient!).
The page will be updated with new software as you work with the site.
Hard partitioning is the process of dividing the 1st disk into several logical disks. In this post, we will analyze popular splitting programs.
The Windows 7 operating system is equipped with a built-in disk partitioning utility. To run it, follow the path: Start - Control Panel - - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management.
By launching the disk management utility, you will have access to all the necessary functions. For already existing discs, you can perform: delete, format, change letters, compress and delete the disc. If a new hard drive without partitioning is connected to the PC, you will be able to partition the disk.
If the capabilities of the built-in disk partitioning utility are not enough for you, you can use third-party programs.
There are not so many high-quality free programs for partitioning a disk. One such program is Wondershare Disk Manager Free. This program allows you to create, delete, format and convert partitions. The program has a very simple and intuitive interface. In view of this, even the absence of the Russian language will not complicate the process of working with the program, even for not too experienced users. To install this program, you will have to go through a free and extremely simple registration on the manufacturer's website.
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One of the most popular and well-known programs of this kind is Partition Magic from Symantec. This program can work from a boot disk, which greatly simplifies the hard partition before installing the operating system. Partition Magic supports working with file NTFS systems and FAT. Apart from basic operations, such as creating and formatting, Partition Magic gives you the ability to convert file systems, resize partitions, merge partitions.
Paragon Partition Manager is a powerful partitioning, backup, defragmentation and management software operating systems. Unlike the previous program, Paragon Partition Manager has a wider range of features and functions. So, this program one of the few that allows you to work with disks for virtual machines(MS Virtual PC, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion and Sun VirtualBox).
Acronis Disk Director is another advanced hard disk partitioning and management software. Acronis Disk Director consists of three parts: a disk management module, an Acronis Recovery Expert module for recovering lost data, and an Acronis OS Selector module for managing multiple operating systems. Acronis Disk Director is equipped with all the necessary features for managing disks, while the program supports all modern file operating systems.
The hard drive is the most important element of the system. It stores all the available information - photos, videos, user files. Very often, the operating system of a computer cannot cope with the tasks at hand - to test performance, check clusters, merge partitions or restore a hard drive. This requires separate software. Below are the best programs for hard drives.
The most popular Runet program, since it is considered multifunctional, simple and convenient. Compatible with all operating systems (OS).
The application has both a basic purpose (copying, moving, resizing, merging, splitting, deleting, restoring, etc.) and specific features (converting FAT to NTFS, OS cloning, MBR recovery, full cleaning, changing ID and serial number, viewing data on bad sectors, etc.).
Installation requires minimum conditions - at least 380 MB of RAM, X86 architecture processor.
Advantages:
Flaws:
One of the best software for diagnosing a hard drive and monitoring its condition. Many specialized publications include this utility to their collections.
It has rich functionality - monitors HDD performance, reads S.M.A.R.T. (more than 50 attributes), controls errors as well as temperature, regulates the noise level, supports external media.
Installation requires two conditions - Internet Explorer version 8.0 and higher, NET platform. Framework version 2.0 and newer. Compatible with all OS.
The application is more suitable for a PC, in the work of the admin this tool will not work. It has little functionality - split disks, create new ones, resize them, copy, defragment, optimize clusters, convert HFS + to NTFS (and vice versa), find bad sectors.
Special requirements include Microsoft's Visual C++ 10.0 Runtime. The program is compatible with all operating systems.
Advantages:
Flaws:
The main purpose of the software is operation with hard disk partitions. The main functions include formatting, editing, merging, deleting, creating new ones, cleaning and checking, converting NTFS to FAT32 (and vice versa), changing the disk type, testing for performance, copying and transferring to new media.
The app is compatible with all operating systems.
There are Free and Pro options (with paid subscriptions).
Utility for low-level HDD formatting. The functionality is small, but powerful - hiding "broken" sectors for writing data, permanently deleting information from the media, deleting the MBR.
The application has two levels of formatting - normal and low. It is able to clean "to zero" not only files, but the entire partition table.
The program supports hard drives from most manufacturers. Compatible with all OS.
Advantages:
Flaws:
Another tool for exploiting hard drive partitions. The main features of the program - consciousness, editing, merging, deleting, moving sections. And also - resizing, checking and copying. There is a function to recover data from a damaged sector.
The utility supports all file systems(ext, FAT, HFS, etc.). Works with any drive. Compatible with all OS.
A solid, time-tested tool. The utility is designed to check the performance of the HDD, as well as to find errors. There are many options - viewing S.M.A.R.T parameters, detailed information about the hard drive (model, volume, properties, etc.), testing the surface for "broken" areas.
There are functions for advanced users - measuring settings and passport options, adjusting the length of the timeout for various elements. This product works with all drives. Compatible with Windows only.
Advantages:
low level formatting.
Flaws:
The average price is 1700 rubles.
One of the most powerful tools for working with a hard drive with full set all kinds of operations. The only program that allows, both manually and automatically, to use all the functionality without losing data.
The product consists of 4 modules:
To install the application, certain conditions are required - the presence of RAM 512 MB or more, the screen resolution is at least 1024 × 768, the processor frequency is 1 GHz.
The software is designed to diagnose the hard drive. The program tests the HDD for the presence of errors and "broken" sections, reflects S.M.A.R.T-indicators. The software tells you which area is in danger and requires reservation. Able to isolate it.
Available various settings for regulation - reduce noise, reduce energy consumption, control rotation at idle.
Advantages:
Flaws:
A powerful time-tested veteran utility that is used not only to test the HDD, but also to “treat” damaged areas.
Principle of use - the tool monitors the surface of each sector, measuring the access time. In the event of a failure (time out, unable to read information) marks the area as “damaged”. After it enters it in a special journal. "Bad block" sector can be replaced with a reserve one.
The key functionality of the application is scanning and identifying damaged areas, remapping (replacing / reassigning) bad sectors, low-level formatting and deleting data, obtaining S.M.A.R.T. parameters, independent health analysis.
Uses low-level access. Has hot keys. The utility is available in three versions - an ISO image, an image for burning a boot disk, an executable file.
Which one and how to choose the best program for managing and hard recovery disk, each user decides for himself. It is important to understand here that all such products are divided into two unequal groups:
There are very few of the first ones, these are Acronis Disk Director, Partition Manager. With the help of these products, you can perform a whole range of tasks for maintaining and managing a hard drive.
The second group is represented by a large number of programs. Their functionality is limited, but benefits from the power and variety of operations of one function.
Depending on what kind of main task the utility will perform, you can choose the appropriate software.
