The active partition is the main partition of the hard drive that has a Windows operating system and it can be set as a bootable partition. On every hard drive, you can pick only one primary partition ...

I have a Windows Server 2003 box, which I plug a removable HD into every day to copy off a backup. The server's internal drive configuration is two HDs set up to use Windows software RAID mirroring as ...

Managing hard drive partitions might seem intimidating, but it’s a straightforward process with the right tools. Windows offers built-in utilities that make partition management relatively easy, ...

If you’re getting partition errors, then all you may need to recover your data is this effective utility. Though it’s limited to partition recovery operations (damaged oroverwritten), Active@ ...

Partitioning your hard drive makes managing the operating system, files, and file formats of each partition easier. For example, you can install Windows 11/10 on one partition and store movies or ...

Windows 11/10 streamlined the process of using unused space in disk partitions. Making further partitions became easier. But the new structure hasn’t been bug-free. When you try to format raw space or ...

For most people, partition management tasks are not a routine activity. How often do you need to erase a hard drive, resize partitions or copy your operating system and data from one disk to another?