How to partition a hard drive in Windows 10, and keep your most important files separate from the rest

You can partition a hard drive in Windows 10 to create dedicated portions of the hard drive that your computer will recognize separately.
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Instructions for creating a bootable Linux partition on internal hard drive

Despite having turned to The Google, I'm having trouble getting this process entirely down. My issue is the following: I have a MBP, purchased August 2010 (eg the last model prior to the Thunderbolt ...