how to partition a hard disk with Microsoft Windows XP

This post describes how to partition a hard disk with Microsoft Windows XP.dividing your drive into multiple partitions (additional drive letters) can make work easier,it keeping all your data such as documents, worksheets, and images in a partition separate from the operating system and applications simplifies backups and also can increase your PC's performance.If you plan on using multiple operating systems (adding Windows 2000, trying out XP, or even installing Linux), then you'll absolutely need multiple partitions.
If you're starting with a new, blank hard drive, partitioning is easy. we can preform partitions before installing Windows.. but what if we want to make partition after installation Windows without loosing any data ??
here in show you how to make partitions in hard drive easily in windows without loosing any data..

So here we starts..
what we need ?

1.One PC with a hardrive.
2.Paragon Partition Manager.
3.20 Minutes of your time.

Install the Paragon Partition Manager

Step 1: Click on Create a partition(Create a new partition and set its Property)



Step 2: Click Next



Step 3: Select the Hard Disk and mark the position where you would like to create a new partition



Step 4: Select how large you would like the new partition to be.



Step 5: Specify the file system ( NTFS,FAT 32 ),volume Label and other partition property.



Step 6:On this step, If it restarts your PC it is perfectly OK ! then confirm that you are ready to change this settings physically



Step 7: The Wizard is now creating the partition



Step 8: It will creating a partition and shows operation details



Step 9: Now you have successfully completed the Create New Partition



That is it, You have made a new partition of your hard drive!

Before Partition



After Partition