Before partitioning your HDD or SSD, it's important to keep a backup of your files. Make a good backup of your important data to avoid possible loss of important data. The following methods apply to ...

This tutorial focuses on using GParted, or Gnome Partition Editor, a free and open source partition editor. To use GParted, you must first download the CD Image file (.iso file) of GParted Live for ...

At the heart of every PC is a storage drive, which stores the Microsoft Windows operating system and also contains space for your personal data, documents, photos, and applications. Regardless of ...

On purchasing a brand new computer, the hard drive usually has a single partition. However, you may need multiple partitions to organize your data and even protect it from data loss. You can view ...

Partitioning a new SSD that's installed on your PC is a fairly simple process, and it has various benefits. Having separate partitions allows you to store personal data away from the OS files, so you ...

If you've read the previous section explaining how to create a new partition using Vista's built-in tools you will undoubtedly notice that the following additional steps are not required in that ...

Increasing the size of the System Reserved Partition without third-party software requires the execution of the required commands in the Command Prompt. Therefore, this method is only for advanced ...

I had an old 500 GB HDD that I'd partitioned into an OS X partition and Win7 partition. I bought a new 750 GB HDD to put in the main drive bay of my MBP and an OptiBay to hold my old HDD. My desired ...