Partitioning in Vista

  Many computers that come preinstalled with Vista have only one or two partitions on the hard disk.This consists of a main partition containing the OS;this occupies most of the hard disk and another partition which is visible or hidden.
  The second partition is used to store an image file of the OS and system drivers;this is used to reinstall the OS.
  For the end consumer there are two issues:
 1.How to create a partition where data can be saved?As during reinstallation the partition will be formatted.
 Vista has the feature to shrink/extend partitions via the disk management tool.To do this:
 (a)open the disk management tool,right click a partition and select shrink.
 (b)Specify the size by which the partition has to be reduced and start the process.
 (c)After this is done free space is created and can be used to create a new partition.
 Anyone may ask "Why cant some other software be used to do this?"
 Well using other software can lead to loss of data in the partition.And if the default way to reinstall Vista does not work what can be done?Think about it.
 2.How to reinstall vista?
 This can be done as described previously.