

Start making an external hard disk partition. Double click on the Disk Management to open it. Under the storage, Disk management available.If you opened computer management, under the storage you can see disk management. Go to “System and Security> Administrative Tools> Computer Management”.Now you opened the Disk management window and continue the next step.Then navigate to “System and Security> Administrative Tools> Disk Management” just like the following screenshot.Using Administrative tools create and format hard disk partition window or computer management. We can open Disk management in mainly two ways. How to make an external hard disk partition with Windows. Start making an external hard disk partition.How to make an external hard disk partition with Windows.In this tutorial, I used that WD Elements external portable hard drives. Recently I have purchased a WD Elements 1TB to store my videos, images and other stuff. Personally I recommend to make a partition after you purchased. Therefore, it’s better backup all the critical files and folders in it.


This method needs to format the external hard disk. Also, you need an administrative account. However, Disk Management software available Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 too. Windows has its own disk partition manager application called Disk Management. This tutorial based on the Windows operating system. Making a partition on external hard disk is same as the internal hard disk. Therefore, you can easily find right file when you need. We can save music in one partition, pictures in one and movies in another one. Create a partition on a portable hard disk makes easy to organize files, audio and videos in it.
