Want to know how to partition a hard drive? Here are step-by-step guides on the most efficient ways.

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.

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, ...

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 don't have an extra Windows PC to create installation media, you can install Windows first before installing Linux (though you may need to fully defrag your hard drive to create a partition ...

Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.