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How To Partition SD Card Using PC
The Android OS has lot of scope in development and user flexibility. This helps developers and users to modify the architecture of the system. The mobile can be modified in several ways. Thanks the Open source by Google.
Mobiles with low internal memory thrive a lot in terms of performance and usage. You can extend this limit by partitioning your SD card and expanding the ROM of your mobile. So let us know how to partition SD card and why is a partition needed.
What is Partitioning SD card?
In simple terms partitioning sd card is breaking your sd card into two parts and making one part accessible for mobile (making it as internal memory) and other part for user. No matter how large you make the partition, the more the internal space better the performance of the phone.
Why is it needed?
Primarily to increase the ROM of the mobile. To make the device link to the newly created partition. By this you can link the applications that are installed on phone memory to the created partition thus freeing up more internal space. Your mobile becomes faster and there will be lot of space available for you.
How it is done?
There are several ways by which you can partition your SD card. You can do it by few softwares available for PC. But this guide will show you how to make a partition using Personal Computer (PC).
WARNING :
This process may damage your SD card if misused. Proceed with caution. Do it on your own risk.
NOTE :
After you created a secondary partition, every time when you connect your phone into a computer, Android will mount first partition and windows not recognize 2nd partition as a removable disk.
- Your files, phone’s camera images will be saved on 1st partition. So when you are creating a 2nd partition, give more space to the 1st partition.
- Your phone will be displayed your 1st partition size as the SD card size. 2nd partition is completely hidden to the user. This new partition can only recognize Link2SD app.
Requirements :
Rooted phone
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition exe
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PROCEDURE
1.First you have to download
Mini Tool Partition Wizard Manager .
2.*********** SD card to a card reader and open it on your computer.
3.Back up all your files to the computer because partitioning will wipe your data.
4.Open Mini Tool in your computer. Locate your SD card
(be careful in choosing and make sure not to choose the drive of the computer)
5.Right click and choose Delete.
6.Right click on it again and choose Create New. Create
“FAT32″ partition (This is where all your media files will go. Be sure to make it bigger than the 2nd part)
7.Select “Create as: PRIMARY”
8.Next, create an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition (if you’re on stock ROM, choose ext2 ). This is where your apps will go. A suggested value of 512Mb or 1Gb would be big enough but if you insist you can go as high as 2Gb .
9.Select “Create As: PRIMARY” (make sure that it is both set to primary because it will not work if it is not set to primary)
10.Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for it to finish the process. Done.
11.Put back your SD card to your phone and switch it on.
12.Download and install
Link2sd.
13.Open Link2SD. You will be prompted to choose between
ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32 . Select
ext2.
14.It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.
15.Open Link2SD and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.
16.Go to Link2SD>Settings>check the "Auto link" (to Automatically link newly installed applicationss to SD upon installation)
17.If you already have some apps, select “Move to SD card” then after moving select
“Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvik-cache and library files )
18. .To check your memory, select “Storage Info”. This will show you the current state of your internal memory, FAT32 , and ext2 partition.
19.Now you’re done and ready to install vast amount of application as you wish.
The Android OS has lot of scope in development and user flexibility. This helps developers and users to modify the architecture of the system. The mobile can be modified in several ways. Thanks the Open source by Google.
Mobiles with low internal memory thrive a lot in terms of performance and usage. You can extend this limit by partitioning your SD card and expanding the ROM of your mobile. So let us know how to partition SD card and why is a partition needed.
What is Partitioning SD card?
In simple terms partitioning sd card is breaking your sd card into two parts and making one part accessible for mobile (making it as internal memory) and other part for user. No matter how large you make the partition, the more the internal space better the performance of the phone.
Why is it needed?
Primarily to increase the ROM of the mobile. To make the device link to the newly created partition. By this you can link the applications that are installed on phone memory to the created partition thus freeing up more internal space. Your mobile becomes faster and there will be lot of space available for you.
How it is done?
There are several ways by which you can partition your SD card. You can do it by few softwares available for PC. But this guide will show you how to make a partition using Personal Computer (PC).
WARNING :
This process may damage your SD card if misused. Proceed with caution. Do it on your own risk.
NOTE :
After you created a secondary partition, every time when you connect your phone into a computer, Android will mount first partition and windows not recognize 2nd partition as a removable disk.
- Your files, phone’s camera images will be saved on 1st partition. So when you are creating a 2nd partition, give more space to the 1st partition.
- Your phone will be displayed your 1st partition size as the SD card size. 2nd partition is completely hidden to the user. This new partition can only recognize Link2SD app.
Requirements :
Rooted phone
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition exe
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Link2SD apk
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PROCEDURE
1.First you have to download
Mini Tool Partition Wizard Manager .
2.*********** SD card to a card reader and open it on your computer.
3.Back up all your files to the computer because partitioning will wipe your data.
4.Open Mini Tool in your computer. Locate your SD card
(be careful in choosing and make sure not to choose the drive of the computer)
5.Right click and choose Delete.
6.Right click on it again and choose Create New. Create
“FAT32″ partition (This is where all your media files will go. Be sure to make it bigger than the 2nd part)
7.Select “Create as: PRIMARY”
8.Next, create an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition (if you’re on stock ROM, choose ext2 ). This is where your apps will go. A suggested value of 512Mb or 1Gb would be big enough but if you insist you can go as high as 2Gb .
9.Select “Create As: PRIMARY” (make sure that it is both set to primary because it will not work if it is not set to primary)
10.Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for it to finish the process. Done.
11.Put back your SD card to your phone and switch it on.
12.Download and install
Link2sd.
13.Open Link2SD. You will be prompted to choose between
ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32 . Select
ext2.
14.It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.
15.Open Link2SD and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.
16.Go to Link2SD>Settings>check the "Auto link" (to Automatically link newly installed applicationss to SD upon installation)
17.If you already have some apps, select “Move to SD card” then after moving select
“Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvik-cache and library files )
18. .To check your memory, select “Storage Info”. This will show you the current state of your internal memory, FAT32 , and ext2 partition.
19.Now you’re done and ready to install vast amount of application as you wish.