Split Partition into Several Small Ones for Different Usage

Why to split partition?

Many people, especially laptop users may have only one large partition and want to split this big partition into several small ones, one for operating system and applications and the others for data or backup. If you want to do this, you’ll face the risk of system crash or data loss if there is error when splitting. Fortunately, EASEUS Partition Master provides a safe way to split partition by "Resize/Move" feature.

How to split partition?

EASEUS Partition Master provides a copy wizard which helps you to backup all the data in a safe place to avoid any unexpected data loss and we do advise you to have a backup before any operations.

Step by Step instructions:

Below is an example, you will see that there is only one partition.

1. Resize partition C to be smaller, there are two ways.

1). Drag the right borderline of partition C leftwards on the disk map of main window.

2). Right click partition C, drag the partition or set the value manually below.

2. Create one or more partitions with the unallocated space.

3. After apply the changes, you successfully split the single partition C to three partitions.

Tips:

1. It may take a long time to resize or move your partition under the circumstance of bad sectors/track, large data size or low memory, etc. For data protection, please do not shut down or restart your computer directly if the resizing process seems to stop running, instead, please check whether the indicator light of the disk is still blinking or not, if so, our program is still running. So, we suggest you wait some hours patiently and see whether the situation would be better.

2. EASEUS Partition Master also has a powerful range of other functions, such as Create, Delete, Resize/Move, Format, Merge partition etc.

3. There are four editions for different users: Home Edition which is free for home users, Professional Edition for business desktop users, Server Edition for server users, and Unlimited Edition for large enterprise and organization. Download it Now.

For better data security, our free backup software - EASEUS Todo Backup will help you a lot. It provides easy-to-use interface to backup and restore your system, disk and partition in a few minutes.