

The file system is the type of format or foundation that the storage device has. You can choose any drive letter that is not currently in use. This launches the New Simple Volume Wizard and this guides you through the installation process.

Right-click the region of unallocated space and select New Simple Volume.After the Shrink is done, you will then see the region of unallocated space (shaded black).Now enter the amount that you want to shrink the hard disk by in megabytes (MB).To do this, right-click your main drive and select Shrink Volume.When you shrink your hard disk, the remaining space becomes unallocated. To create unallocated space, shrink your hard drive.This opens the Windows Disk Management utility. Type diskmgmt.msc inside the text box and press Enter.

Hold the Windows key on your keyboard and press R.Enter the size and click next, and you are done.Right-click the Unpartitioned space in the bottom pane and select New Simple Volume.Select the disk from which you want to make a partition.For detailed operations and differences, see the corresponding OS documents.Create a partition from unpartitioned space with these steps: The method for allocating the additional space varies with the server OS. For details, see Data Disk: Create New Volume (E:) with Additional Space. If volume (D:) already exists, you can create a new volume such as volume (E:) with the additional space and use the new volume as a data volume.For details, see Data Disk: Add Additional Space to Volume (D:). If volume (D:) already exists, you can add the additional space to volume (D:) and use it as a data volume.For details, see System Disk: Add Additional Space to Volume (C:) and Allocate Available Space to New Volume (D:) via the Shrink Function.

These operations are also suitable for data disks. This section uses a system disk to describe how to perform extension operations for a Windows disk. The additional space cannot be shrunk if it has already been used. Only the available space can be shrunk and used to create the new volume.
