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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

If you need to delete the Master Boot Record partition from a hard drive, a number of free tools are available to help you through the process, some built into the Windows operating system. Before ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps of encrypting a single partition on a Linux machine.