I have windows 7 home basic genuine version but it didnt shrink 1 more disk

[Vishal_02]

I told u sir, windows 7 genuine version didnt or doesnt allow(unable) to shrink more than 1 drive ..I tried with usual theory meant disk management....i know that procedure but how can i add 2 more drives/disks in any other ways like using third party softwares or ur software or anything else * 750 GB HDD - am aware of viruses so that my data must be safe so i need more disks than C...Help me plz

[IT_WinSec]

Hello @Vishal_02

Welcome to the HP Support forum.

Creating a seperate partion to protect yourself against viruses/malware or to "reduce potential burden on Windows partition" is not actually going to achieve anything. Even with 20 partitions, the hard disk drive is 1 drive. The partitions are just virtual separation.

Most malware nowadays is of trojan horse type (spyware,backdoor,adware) and those made to destroy will affect any file/partition unless specifically stated not to (which I doubt).

I am not sure what your Windows 7 is - meaning , did it come preinstalled by OEM vendor (like HP) or you installed it on your own ? Do you have a recovery partition ?

You may check these :

>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/disk-partition-in-windows-7-...

>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/technet-magazine/gg309170(v=msdn.10)

At the end, I am trying to say that you do not need to virtually separate your disk. It's just file management - folders / partitions - it's basically the same for an end user.

[Vishal_02]

I need solution not explaination of urs .....for god sake, hey i hav win7 genuine means pre-installed from HP it include only C,D for recovery thats it....i want 1 more drive for data becoz whenever virus attacks n den i will recover only C not everything u stupid....what the hell u guys even u people dont understand customer's intension,their issues..,n asking stupid questions like pre-installed vendor **bleep** idiots ..."u r saying at every time whenever u want to reinstall OS u will loose every data" at that time this partition will help so give me solution that how to create 1 disk or drive or partition for my data with other tricks except disk management...got it