A SATA drive will only let you have a maximum of four partitions for example, and you will also need to create a small swap partition. When you come to install a Linux distro, make sure you select ...

I've got me a 4.3GB drive and a 525MB drive in my old computer.<P>I'm going to run the following on the machine:<BR>Dos 6.22<BR>Novell NetWare Server<BR>Linux<BR>Win 98<P>How should I partition to ...

One of the best ways to secure a laptop or desktop computer is to encrypt your hard drive or, failing that, a partition. We go over how you can encrypt a Drive on Linux using VeraCrypt, a free ...

Divide your hard drive into multiple partitions to improve performance and simplify backups.

We explain how to speed up your PC with an advanced technique known as "short stroking," which involves finding the optimal partition size and the fastest parts of your hard drive's platters.

Use a Windows tool to make your backups easier, set up an emergency recovery partition or install another OS. By Patrick Miller, PC World – Disk partitioning–separating one physical hard drive ...