RECOMMENDED: Do you want to partition your USB drive using the built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 10? Want to create multiple partitions on a USB drive?

Here is how to partition a USB drive in Creators Update and above versions of Windows 10. In Windows 10 Anniversary Update and earlier versions of Windows 10, Windows would not allow users to partition USB drives from. While it has always been possible to create multiple partitions on internal drives via Disk Management, partitioning USB drive was not possible.

To open Windows 10’s Disk Management program, press Windows + S, type partition, and select the Create and format hard disk partition option. In the following window, you’ll see both your partitions and volumes laid out in distinct blocks according to your different hard drives. You can then right-click in the empty space and select New Simple Volume to create a partition and format it with the Windows NTFS or FAT32 file systems. The Mac drive may have an “EFI System Partition” on it. This partition is marked as protected, so you can’t just right-click and delete it — the delete option will be disabled. To erase this partition, we’ll have to wipe the entire disk. This process erases everything on the disk, including its files and all its partitions.

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We had to either use the Command Prompt or third-party software to create additional partitions on a USB drive. With, Windows 10 allows users to partition USB drives. The only condition is that the USB drive must be formatted in NTFS to partition it.

In this guide, we will see how to partition your USB drive in Windows 10 from Disk Management without using the Command Prompt or third-party software. To partition your USB drive on Windows 10 IMPORTANT: Back up all data from the USB drive to another location before proceeding further to avoid data loss. Step 1: First of all, connect your USB drive to a PC running Windows 10 Creators Update (v1703) or above version of Windows 10. Back up all data to another drive.

Step 2: Open up This PC. Right-click on the USB drive which you want to partition and then click Properties. Check if the USB drive is formatted in NTFS. If yes, you should see NTFS next to File system as shown in the picture below. If the USB drive is formatted in FAT or FAT 32, right-click on the USB drive again (in This PC), click Format. Choose NTFS from File System drop-down box and then click Start button.

Click OK button when you see the warning dialog to format the USB drive in NTFS. Once done, you will see “ Format complete” message.

Step 3: Right-click on the Start button on the taskbar. Click Disk Management to open the same. Step 4: In the Disk Management window, right-click on the USB drive and then click Shrink Volume option. This action will open Shrink dialog. If the USB flash drive is formatted in FAT, the Shrink Volume option doesn’t appear. Step 5: In the “ Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB” field, type in the amount in MB that you want to use for creating a new partition on the USB drive.

For instance, on a 16 GB drive, if you want to create two partitions of about 8 GB, then shrink the drive by about 7000 MB. Click Shrink button. The action will create unallocated space on your USB drive. Step 6: Now, right-click on the newly created unallocated space on USB, and then click New Simple Volume option. Make sure that you are right-clicking on the unallocated space of USB drive only.