sileebo
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I got an external hard drive with a backup image. I want to make a partition on it without formatting it and without erasing this backup image. How can I do this?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win 8.1
And this can be done without erasing the backup image already on the external HD?Open Disk Management.
Shrink the existing Partition.
Create a new partition out of the unused space.
When ever possible use windows tools inside of windows. Specially when it comes to partitioning and disk management. Only use 3rd party partitioning when you cannot do the job through Disk Management or in Command Prompt using Diskpart, such as a partition or disk suddenly shows up as RAW.And this can be done without erasing the backup image already on the external HD?Open Disk Management.
Shrink the existing Partition.
Create a new partition out of the unused space.
I read theres a software you can download that does a better job than Disk Management. Its called Gparted. Should I use this instead of Disk Management!?