If you have ever heard about EFI or seen an EFI System Partition (ESP) in Windows and wonder what it is, then this post will help you understand. We will talk about EFI, how you can identify the EFI ...

All these terms i.e., partition, volume, and logical drive are data storage units. But there are differences that we have tried to cover in this post below. Let’s learn about them one by one. A ...

When you acquire a new business computer, you may see multiple drive letters such as C, D and E while viewing items in Windows Explorer. Although these drive letters may designate physical internal or ...

Years ago, partitioning your hard drive was a smart way to organize files and simplify OS reinstalls. However, with the advancements in storage technology and the prevalence of cloud services, drive ...

I was looking into full disk encryption on my notebook - A Dell xps 12. An Ars article was showing how to do it but somehow the option for device encryption does not show up on this computer. Odd I ...

I've got a new IBM 60GXP 40GB and I would like to partition it so that the OS is on one NTFS partition and all other program are on the other NTFS partition.<P>1) How large should I make the OS ...

What is the GPT protective partition? Why is my disk showing as GPT protective partition in Disk Management? How to fix a GPT protective partition without losing data and regain access to it? In this ...

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