PC World was, like us, slightly amazed at how long a Windows 7 upgrade can take on a Vista system crammed with data. They recommend a good overall geek tip as a fix: creating a separate "data" ...

With Windows 7's release just around the corner, now's a great time to get your PC ready for the new operating system. First step: separate your data onto a dedicated partition. A partition is what ...

At the heart of every PC is a storage drive, which stores the Microsoft Windows operating system and also contains space for your personal data, documents, photos, and applications. Regardless of ...

Partitioning your hard drive sounds like a technically involved task that most people don’t need to bother with—but it’s actually relatively simple to do, doesn’t have to cost you any money, and can ...

When I initially installed my Ubuntu PVR I thought 10GB for root was going to be enough. Now I'm finding I'm running out of room. So I have created two new partitions and am trying to get them to ...

Windows XP allows users to split their hard drives into partitions. A partition is a separate block of space on a drive which usually gets represented with a different drive letter. Partitioning a ...