
This is where you will decide the size of your new partition in megabytes (1 GB = 1,024MB). Right-click on the C: drive and choose the "Shrink Volume" option. Click on "Create and format hard disk partitions." The Disk Management tool will then launch.ģ. From there, enter the words "hard disk partitions" into the search box.Ģ.

Right click on the desktop and choose "Personalize". To create a new partition on Windows 8, switch to Desktop Mode and follow these steps:ġ.

Luckily, it's not too difficult to create new disk partitions. If you want to be able to boot to either Windows 8 proper or Windows 8.1 Preview at will, each version of the operating system must be installed on separate hard drive partitions, or sections of one hard drive that act independently of one another.
