The practice of partitioning a single drive into multiple logical volumes is a habit deeply rooted in the history of personal ...

A good way to separate your data is to partition your Mac hard drive. A partition splits your storage into two spaces, like putting a trunk divider in your car. The most common use case is to install ...

When you install Windows or set up a new PC, there's usually just the C: drive that houses both system and personal files.

Partitioning your hard drive sounds like a technically involved task that most people don’t need to bother with—but it’s actually relatively simple to do, doesn’t have to cost you any money, and can ...

A computer can recognize a second partition on a USB hard drive only if it can read the partition. If computer is unable to read the secondary partition, the partition may be in an unsupported format ...

When you buy a new hard drive, your first impulse may be to connect it to your Mac and start copying files to the new drive. But with all that new storage space it might make sense to partition the ...

Reader Kevin Riley has a splitting dilemma. He writes: I have a 1TB FireWire hard drive that is about a quarter full. I’d like to partition the drive but don’t want to have to back up all my data to ...

Hey y'all, I got a little question about how to partition my hard drives for a completely new install of XP Pro.<P>I have a 15GB IBM 75GXP, and a slower 10GB Maxtor. It seems most people recommend a ...

No. You can't change the drive letter assignments for Hard drive partitions. Windows does it automatically. Windows assigns drive letters in this order:<P>1 - Primary IDE channel, master drive, ...

Editor’s note (1/12/10): For more-current advice, see “How (and Why) to Partition Your Hard Drive.” No matter the capacity of your PC’s hard drive, chances are that it’s set up to function as one ...

Partitioning your hard drive is a great way to keep your data organized and cut down on the time it takes to run maintenance tasks such as disk defragmenter. Windows 7 provides tools to modify, create ...