This process is essentially the same as the previous page, but using the third-party tool GParted instead of Windows' Disk Management utility. Be sure to have your XP CD on-hand to repair potential ...

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 ...

While performing the Clean Installation of Windows, you must select a hard drive partition on which you want to install Windows. The selected hard drive partition should be empty; otherwise, ...

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 ...

A single partition feels simple until something goes wrong ...

Most Windows computers contain at least one hidden partition that's invisible when you browse your computer's hard drive. Windows often creates a hidden system partition it uses during startup, and ...

In my posting last week, The best defense against software problems: disk imaging, I tried to make a case for disk image backups. They are the Rodney Dangerfield of software, they get no respect. I’ve ...