If you want to understand how this works, refer to our article ' Why and how to partition a hard drive?' who will explain the theory of partitioning. Info : This tutorial lets you know how to partition a hard drive in Windows XP. Note : Support for Windows XP has stopped on April 8, 2014, but since many people still use it, we continue to support this OS for our tutorials. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to partition your hard drive in Windows XP. The fact to partition your hard drive in this way will you be able to format the first partition to reinstall the operating system after a crash too high of this operating system.īefore formatting the partition, you will copy the important data on the second partition and then you will format the first partition to reinstall the operating system by the installation CD/DVD The first partition for the operating system or OS (Windows XP in this case) and the second partition for your personal data.
Generally, you create at least two partitions on a hard disk. Partitioning a hard drive is important because it allows you to separate your data into several parts.
