How Do I Partition a Drive in Linux?
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How do I partition a new drive?

Create and format a hard disk partition

  1. Open Computer Management by selecting the Start button. …
  2. In the left pane, under Storage, select Disk Management.
  3. Right-click an unallocated region on your hard disk, and then select New Simple Volume.
  4. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, select Next.

How do I partition a drive in Ubuntu?

In the hard disk partition table menu, select the hard drive free space and hit on + button in order to create the Ubuntu partition. In the partition pop-up window, add the size of the partition in MB, choose the partition type as Primary, and the partition location at the beginning of this space.

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