New logical drives

An extended partition can be subdivided into as many as 32 logical drives. You can use all or part of the free space in an extended partition when creating logical drives. An extended partition or a logical drive cannot span multiple disks.

Note:

You cannot mark a logical drive as active. An active volume or partition is the volume or partition from which the computer starts up.

To create a new logical drive

  1. Right-click an extended partition from the left panel tree view, or click the Disk View tab in the right pane and right-click the extended partition in that view.
  2. In the context menu that appears, click New Logical Drive.

    The initial screen of the Create Partition wizard appears. Click Next.

  3. Click the Free Space check box to select the free space to use for that logical drive. Click Next.
  4. Click Next to move through the wizard's Select disk and region screen.

    The Select Partition Type screen appears. The Logical drive radio button is automatically selected, and the screen displays the largest logical drive size that can be created in the extended partition.

  5. If desired, change the size of the disk space to use, or accept it as shown.
  6. Type the size of the logical drive that you want to create, and then click Next.

    The Assign Drive Letter screen appears.

  7. Choose a drive letter, mount point, or neither (a drive letter can be assigned later). Click Next to continue.

    The Create File System screen appears.

  8. Select the file system type and options, and then click Next to continue.
  9. Review your selections and click Finish to complete the process.