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How to partition a pen drive

Imagine having more than one partition on your pen drive/thumb drive. This can serve different purposes like securing one partition and keeping sensitive data there. Some partitions can also be hidden from "the prying eyes".  Creating a partition on your USB pen drive is not easily achievable using the default disk management in windows operating system. Then why the h*ll am i writing this post? Partitioning pen drive is easily achievable with third party software. These third party software can do other tweaks like password protection, hiding partitions, assigning drive letters and a host of other things. Below is a list of some of the free ones and trial versions of some paid ones

Create a new partition on a hard disk drive

One may want to create partitions on a hard drive for different reasons including ability to install multiple operating systems, separate personal files from operating system files, and to hide a particular partition from access.  To do this, follow the steps below:  1. Open control panel (start, control panel)  2. Double click administrative tools 3. Open computer management  4. Click on disk management on the left portion of the window that appears  5. Right click on the unallocated space and click on create partition.  6. Select the size of the partition  7. Format the partition by right clicking on it and clicking format  8. Restart your PC  PS: this method works for disk space that are already unallocated.  If there is already data on the disk, third party software can be used. a Google search will lead you to one.  I recommend the use of easeus partition manager (because i have used it before and ...