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 ...

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 ...

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A dual boot, or multi-boot, system consists of two or more operating systems loaded on the same or different hard disks. Businesses can install Windows XP or an older platform to a Windows 8 PC to ...

Disk partitioning–separating one physical hard drive into multiple independent volumes–can relieve all sorts of computer-related headaches, and thanks to the Disk Management tool included with Windows ...