Why to Split Partition

 
As you know, splitting partition refers to dividing a large drive into two small drives one time. Sometimes some of you choose to do this operation several times to get many small partitions. When buying a new computer, sometimes there is only one partition on the hard disk. In this case, it is necessary to create more partitions to store many kinds of data, such as photos, files, programs, movies etc.
 
In order to create more partitions, you may choose to shrink partition to free up some disk space and then create a new simple with Disk Management. In addition, there is a simple and quick way, that is to split large drive to two small partitions with one click. How to do this work? You may ask: is there any tool help to repartition a drive? Of course. Please read on.
 

How to Split Large Drive to Two Small Partitions

 
When it comes to splitting partition, you may consider using a professional disk and partition tool. Here MiniTool Partition Wizard is worth recommending. As reliable partition and disk management software, this tool has many powerful functions, such as resize partition, extend/format/delete partition, split partition, copy partition/disk, rebuild MBR, recover lost partition, convert MBR to GPT, convert dynamic disk to basic disk and so on. This partition manager has five editions for personal users and enterprise users. If you are not a server user, Free Edition is a good choice to manage disk and partition in Windows 10/7/8/Vista/XP. How to split large partition? First of all, download MiniTool Partition Wizard and install it on your computer for a try.
 
Step 1: Right click the target partition and select “Split”. Also you can click “Split Partition” after selecting a partition.
 

 
Step 2: Then please specify the size of the new partition by dragging the slider. Or you can change the values of “Original Partition Size” and “New Partition Size”. Click “OK” to continue.
 

 
Note:
1. If there are four primary partitions on the hard drive, MiniTool Partition Wizard won’t allow splitting partition and it will prompt you “no free MBR slot” error.
2. In addition, if there are three primary partitions plus one extended partition, you only can split the extended partition to two small partitions.
 
Step 3: Please perform this operation by clicking “Apply” button.
 

 
If you want more partitions, you also can repeat the above operation again. With the assistance of MiniTool Partition Wizard, you can effectively split large drive to two small partitions. In addition, this tool has other powerful features, so if you have a need, just try it. Hope it is useful to solve your problem.