partitioning takes forever

The partitioning process takes forever to finish. What I mean is, it stays stuck partioning my HDD and the status bar never moves beyond a certain point. Sorry I havent been able to take a screenshot because I dont want to try again if by some off chance I can damage the drive without first consulting as to why this is happening.

I had partioned my drive a time in the past but had to delete it because of storage needs and didnt have the money to purchase a new drive.