The partition wall doesn’t have a door, so the curtain, while pulled across, acts as a de facto door. Plus, if she’s hosting ...

This full-featured partitioning utility is powerful, but charges extra for its Linux boot disc. It’s a rare user who’ll need more in the way of partitioning abilities than those provided by Windows.

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Partitioning a hard drive is like turning one hard drive into two. By creating a partition, you'll have two drive letters (such as "C" and "D" drives), and formatting one partition does not affect the ...

Editor’s note (1/12/10): For more-current advice, see “How (and Why) to Partition Your Hard Drive.” No matter the capacity of your PC’s hard drive, chances are that it’s set up to function as one ...