How to Partition a Hard Drive in Windows 8 and 8.1?

Why would you want to partition your  Windows 8 or 8.1 hard drive

• make full use of disk space
• convenient sorting of different kinds of files and documents and
• ensuring smooth running of your computer .

Instances that might require partitioning your drive.

1. There is only one partition on the hard drive.

For instance, you need to store media files on your hard drive and there’s only one partition on your hard drive, you will have to partition (literally divide)  the hard drive into different sizes to suit your needs.