Windows 10: C drive partition

I recently bought a new laptop, which has windows 10 home single language inbuilt. It has only C drive and no other partitions at the time of purchase. Now I want to make C into more partitions, But it is not possible to split the C drive. I have tried so many times by Disk Management> Shrink volume ...... several times. But it is showing the message "you cant shrink volume beyond the point". It is giving 18GB of partition only.

I have tried with 3rd party drive partition tools also. But I could not succeed with those tools also. Even in those tools also all the options are in hidden mode (not clickable).





I have consulted a few people, But there is no use to me. How to get solution?

Some body said that you have to reinstall the OS . But I do not have Backup of my OS. And I am not aware of Backup and Re installation. And one of the retailer tried to make recovery drive with 16GB pen-drive, he might not be able to do that also.I am not bothering about my personal data , and there is no problem even is lost. But my worry is about OS .

Now I tried take backup using windows media creation tool. And I got the setup files up to 11GB. But I don't know the process how to re install OS. Is there any problem to system's default applications(not installed by me) like notepad,word pad, etc.. By formatting and re installation of OS ? (Because C drive has up to 45 GB data, but I made back up of 11GB only). Can I have a chance to get my OS back without having any backup copy (I have a product key also. I got this in my command prompt by using few commands. Is that original license key?)

And I am getting fear to do all these OS level operations. Please give me a solutions. I have asked several doubts. kindly provide me solutions to all questions with out hesitation please.

Thanking you!!!

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W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that

 

Unallocated Space to C Drive

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Unallocated Space to C Drive

Hi Travis,

It appears that a disk partition was created but was never assigned its allocation. Assuming there are no files stored in the unallocated partition, perform these steps to combine it with your C: drive:

• In Disk Management, right-click on (C which appears next to the
  Unallocated partition.
  
• Select Extend.

Let us know if you're able to combine the spaces after following the steps above.

Regards.