In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

With the launch of Windows 7 in the fall of 2009, adopters were treated to many useful new features. But for SSD users, there was one that mattered more than the others: TRIM support. Being a ...

We've covered proper solid state drive maintenance before, but one of the most overlooked factors in proper SSD care is partition alignment. Here's how to make sure your partitions are aligned ...