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As USB flash drives get larger and larger, you may find it useful to partition them into distinct drives. This can make it easier to organize your files, or allow you to boot from one partition and keep essential tools on another.
steps
1-Press ⊞ Win+R. This opens the Run dialog window.
2-Type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. This opens the Windows Disk Management tool.
3-Convert your USB flash drive to NTFS if necessary. Find your USB flash drive in the list of drives at the top of the window (you can identify it by its drive letter and size). Then, look at what it says in the /”File System/” column. If you see NTFS here, you are good to go! If you see FAT32, you will need to convert the flash drive to NTFS so you can partition it.[1] This will delete everything on the flash drive. Here’s how to convert it from FAT32 to NTFS:
4-Right-click your USB flash drive in the bottom panel and select Shrink Volume. Each USB flash drive connected to your PC appears at the bottom with a label like Disk 0, Disk 1, Disk 2, etc. When you right-click the USB flash drive, a menu will expand, which is where you will find the Shrink Volume option.
5-Enter the desired size of your new partition. This goes into the /”Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB/” area.
6-Click the Shrink button. This creates a new unallocated partition, which you’ll now see next to your USB flash drive in the bottom panel.
7-Right-click the unallocated partition and select New Simple Volume. This opens the New Simple Volume wizard.
8-Click Next to start the wizard.
9-Adjust the partition size and click Next. By default, the full amount of unallocated space will appear in the /”Simple volume size in MB/” field. Clicking Next accepts that size so you can use all of the unallocated space for your new partition.
10-Assign the partition a new drive letter and click Next. This drive letter is how the new partition will appear in Windows.
11-Select your formatting settings and click Next. By default, the radio button next to /”Format this volume with the following settings/” is selected, and some default options are filled in. Unless you know for sure that you need to change these options, leave the defaults intact. Once you click Next, the new partition will appear.
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steps
1-Press ⊞ Win+R. This opens the Run dialog window.
2-Type diskmgmt.msc and click OK. This opens the Windows Disk Management tool.
3-Convert your USB flash drive to NTFS if necessary. Find your USB flash drive in the list of drives at the top of the window (you can identify it by its drive letter and size). Then, look at what it says in the /”File System/” column. If you see NTFS here, you are good to go! If you see FAT32, you will need to convert the flash drive to NTFS so you can partition it.[1] This will delete everything on the flash drive. Here’s how to convert it from FAT32 to NTFS:
4-Right-click your USB flash drive in the bottom panel and select Shrink Volume. Each USB flash drive connected to your PC appears at the bottom with a label like Disk 0, Disk 1, Disk 2, etc. When you right-click the USB flash drive, a menu will expand, which is where you will find the Shrink Volume option.
5-Enter the desired size of your new partition. This goes into the /”Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB/” area.
6-Click the Shrink button. This creates a new unallocated partition, which you’ll now see next to your USB flash drive in the bottom panel.
7-Right-click the unallocated partition and select New Simple Volume. This opens the New Simple Volume wizard.
8-Click Next to start the wizard.
9-Adjust the partition size and click Next. By default, the full amount of unallocated space will appear in the /”Simple volume size in MB/” field. Clicking Next accepts that size so you can use all of the unallocated space for your new partition.
10-Assign the partition a new drive letter and click Next. This drive letter is how the new partition will appear in Windows.
11-Select your formatting settings and click Next. By default, the radio button next to /”Format this volume with the following settings/” is selected, and some default options are filled in. Unless you know for sure that you need to change these options, leave the defaults intact. Once you click Next, the new partition will appear.
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