Windows 10: I want to make a certain partition the primary one.

Hey guys so I have a rig that goes like this. my windows is installed on an ssd 128gb and i have a 2tb hdd that i have separated into 2 partitions. I wanted to make one of the hdd partitions into the new C drive. By that i mean it will be the primary place for downloaded things and have anything automatically want to be installed on this drive. I basically want to make the ssd dedicated to the windows and nothing else and have this hdd partition the main place for all the other programs. Is there a way to do this? Thanks

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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

 

How do I enlarg the primary Windows 10 partition with windows running?

Hi,


Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

1. Press Windows + R, type diskmgmt.msc.

2. Select the primary partition.

3. If you have already created a partition then back up your data and delete the partition. (Note not the primary partition).
If you have not created a partition then create.

4. To delete the partition right click on the partition and select Delete volume.

5. Then right click on primary partition and select Extend Volume.

6. Click on Next and Finish.





Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!