The Windows operating system divides your computer's hard drive into specific spaces known as "partitions." Data from one partition does not cross over into another partition unless the user copies it ...

First, I know NTFS is superior, large FAT32 partitions waste space, bla bla bla. I am using my Windows XP computer to prepare a hard drive for a Windows 98 system, and I am set on having only one ...

Leo knows that data is safer if you don’t keep it on the same partition as Windows and your programs. I tell him how to move it in Windows XP. Backing up, recovering from a disaster, and moving to a ...

Q: After building a computer with a 500-gigabyte hard drive, I loaded Windows XP Professional. Dur- ing the installation, Windows asks if you want to partition your 500-GB hard drive into two 250-GB ...

Windows isn’t the only operating system you can run on your PC. Provided you have space on your local drive, you can use multiple partitions to run different Linux distros, create storage partitions, ...