UEFI Bios, Win 8 and big HDD - How to partition the HDD

JeO

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I want to keep my RecoveryPartition, but also want to partition the 750GB HDD into three partitions.
What tools may help, what are the cavetats, where are the minefields?
Is there a tutorial somewhere?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8, Ubuntu12.04LTS, winXP
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    i-5
    Hard Drives
    750GB, 16GB
    Mouse
    Logitech touch m400
The Windows built in partition tool can do that.

Lots of third party options for this as well but 3 partitions 750GB nothing special to create three partitions there.

Although in my opinion Windows 8 is simply NOT dual boot friendly at all, something to keep in mind.

Partition or Volume - Create New - Windows 7 Help Forums
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
Thank you for the quick answer and the hint to the win7 Forum and the tutorials. I should have thought about looking there before asking.
I assume that the UEFI-Bios doesn´t have problems with the buildt in partition tool.
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Although in my opinion Windows 8 is simply NOT dual boot friendly at all, something to keep in mind.
Are you sugesting not to install another OS?
My plans were to have Ubuntu and win8 on my notebook
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8, Ubuntu12.04LTS, winXP
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    i-5
    Hard Drives
    750GB, 16GB
    Mouse
    Logitech touch m400

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus Hero VII
    Memory
    32GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX970
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 250GB SSD
    4x WD RE 2TB (RAIDZ)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760i
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
Thank you for your input. Hyper V is not available, because I have only win8, not the pro or enterprise version. I will explore the Practical UEFI Secure Boot...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8, Ubuntu12.04LTS, winXP
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    i-5
    Hard Drives
    750GB, 16GB
    Mouse
    Logitech touch m400
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