A partition separates a section of a physical disk into another virtual drive. When you split a hard drive into two partitions, you're creating a separate disk that your operating system (like Windows ...

If you just installed a new hard drive in your computer and you are running the Ubuntu operating system, you must partition and format the new drive before you can use it. To use the drive with Ubuntu ...

Recently in this forum I asked about ideas to partition the hard drive. Tonight, I ran Partition Magic and created 2 new partitions. In the process, I screwed up and decided to clean the hd and ...

Putting your applications and data in a partition separate from Windows' system files makes your backups faster and reduces the risk of a virus attack. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

The feature-packed MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro Edition 9 includes just about everything you need to manage your PC's partitions, but a few niggles leave room for improvement in a future update. Lets ...

Partitioning means writing the hard drive sectors that will make up the partition table. It contains information on the partition, including sector size, position with respect to the primary partition ...

Vista’s Disk Management utility can partition your hard drive with ease. As I wrote the other day, I’m making my way to Windows 7 a little bit at a time. It’s getting a fresh install on a new ...

When you open the Disk Management app, you may find multiple Recovery Partitions. You may wonder why are there multiple Recovery Partitions? Can I remove or merge the Recovery Partitions in Windows 11 ...