Before Windows Vista and Windows 7, you cannot shrink or extend partition in Disk Management, so you may convert a basic disk to dynamic to extend partition, but nowadays many people want to convert dynamic disk to basic. When you … Read More
Basic Knowledge about Partition and Partitioning
What is a hard disk? A hard disk/drive is one the part of your computer responsible for long-term storage of information. Unlike volatile memory (often refers to RAM), which lost its storage information once its power supply is shut off, … Read More
Hard Disk and Hard Drive Physical Components
What is hard disk drive? Electromagnetic read/write heads are positioned above and below each platter. As the platters spin, the drive heads move in toward the center surface and out toward the edge. In this way, the drive heads can … Read More
What is the difference between FAT and NTFS?
We have discussed what FAT file system is, today we’ll introduce the difference between FAT and NTFS file system. To choose right file system for a partition is very important. NTFS vs FAT Learn more about hard disk basic. Get … Read More
What is FAT file system?
Many computer users do not pay attention to partition file system, others have heard about file system, but they do not know the detailed information about File System, especially, FAT and NTFS, so in this article I’ll explain what FAT … Read More
How to use diskpart command line to extend server 2003/Windows XP
Microsoft improved the features of Disk Management in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, you can shrink and expand a partition in Disk Management of these Windows operating system. What about Windows XP and Windows Server 2003? In … Read More
Difference between Full Format and Quick Format
Why you need to format partitions? As you know, Windows provides two ways to format a partition, Full Format and Quick Format. Many applications provide partition format feature, too, especially, partition magic software. Why you need to format partitions? Different … Read More
Top 5 HDD Defragment Software
A disk defragmenter is a key toolkit element for keeping your PC running optimally. Disk fragmentation occurs through normal everyday use of your PC; over time your system becomes unable to store related data on your disk in a sequential … Read More