How-To Geek on MSN

Ignore the advice to 'stop' partitioning: Why I still split my SSDs

The 'OS Partition' trick: Why I never install Windows on the whole drive ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Please stop partitioning your SSDs (unless you plan to dual-boot)

Drive partitioning is not the hot thing that it once was.
PC World

Move Your Data to a Safer, Separate Partition in Windows 7

Cedric Crawley wants to keep Windows 7 and his applications in one partition, and his data in another. Creating a separate data partition protects both your system and your data. See Reasons to ...
Ars Technica

mounting a fat32 data partition other than hda1

hi,<P>i am dual booting win2k and linux and have each os on a different hdd. On the win hd i have a os and a data partition. I can and have mounted the os partition using the "mount -t /dev/hda1 ...
Lifehacker

How do I store my data on a separate partition in Windows Vista?

I agree with this recommendation on every operating system you might use, including Windows Vista. As a matter of aesthetics, it's nice to keep your data from mingling with system files, and as a ...
Macworld

Partition your hard drive with data still on it

Reader Kevin Riley has a splitting dilemma. He writes: I have a 1TB FireWire hard drive that is about a quarter full. I’d like to partition the drive but don’t want to have to back up all my data to ...
Ars Technica

Can you join partitions (C: and D: --> C:) without destroying data?

I guess the topic/subject says it all. Is it possible to do? The machine in question has barely anything stored on the second partition, the first partition is filling up, and we'd like the drive to ...