How to create a New Basic Partition in Windows 10
Description: This article will show how to create a New Basic Partition in Windows 10.
- Right click on the Windows logo in the lower left hand corner.
- Click on Disk Management.
- Right click on the unallocated space section on the drive and select New Simple Volume.
- Click Next.
- Click Next. You may also make changes to the size of the new partition in the simple volume size in MB; by default it set to use all the unused space.
- Click Next. You may change the drive letter here if needed, but the letter already assigned will do for a basic setup.
- Click Next. Here you may create a name for new partition here in the volume label field. No further changes are recommended on this screen.
- Click Finish.
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