Your built-in storage device contains the recovery area where the data for the system recovery is stored.
To check the volume of the recovery area, follow these steps:
1. Open the charms and select the
Search
charm. (See
Opening the Charms
to open the charms.)
2. Select
Apps
and enter "Computer" in the search box.
3. Select
Computer
.
4. Select
Computer
on the menu bar and
Manage
.
5. Select
Disk Management
under
Storage
in the left pane.
The volume of the recovery area and the total volume of the C: drive are displayed in the
Disk 0
row in
the center pane.
Creating Partitions
This topic describes how to create partitions.
Note
If you reduce the volume of the C: drive partition, you may not create Recovery Media or complete the
recovery process successfully because the free space on the built-in storage device is not sufficient.
1. Open
Control Panel
, select
System and Security
, and select
Create and format hard disk
partitions
under
Administrative Tools
. (See
Opening Control Panel
to open
Control Panel
.)
If the
User Account Control
window appears, select
Yes
.
2. Right-click the C: drive and select
Shrink Volume
.
3. Enter the size of the partition to be created in
Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB
and
select
Shrink
.
4. Right-click
Unallocated
and select
New Simple Volume
.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Hint
If you are signed in to your VAIO computer as a standard user, you may be prompted to enter an
administrator name and password.
Creating Other Drives (Modifying Partitions)
Partitions are divided areas on your built-in storage device. Dividing the built-in storage device into more than
one partition may have various advantages, such as separating the system files from your data files.
Your VAIO computer has only one partition (C: drive) as the factory default setting.