Command-line enthusiasts know that if you can do something in the regular Mac interface, you can usually do it faster using Terminal. But as of Mac OS X 10.4.6, Terminal also lets you perform a feat ...

If you have used Windows Vista, you must be knowing about the in-built option to partition hard drives. Similar to that, Windows 7 too come with a built-in facility to create, resize and delete ...

Kevin Germino keeps programs and data on separate partitions, but he needs to adjust their sizes. Can he do this safely? I know of two programs that can resize the partitions on your hard drive, ...

I would like to switch over to Linux. I am currently running WindowsXP with a single partition that is NTFS (dynamic disk).<BR><BR>Is there a free program that I can use to consolidate the space on my ...

The UneasySilence weblog details how to expand a Windows partition for an installation of Windows on Parallels. Parallels comes with an image tool that lets you easily resize your virtual hard disk, ...

Partitioning your hard drive sounds like a technically involved task that most people don’t need to bother with—but it’s actually relatively simple to do, doesn’t have to cost you any money, and can ...

There may be times where you've either decided to partition a drive or are finished with a partition and wish to remove it and dedicate the space to another partition. The disk management tool Disk ...

Hard drive shrinking is the practice of reducing the size of your partition to create unallocated space that you can use elsewhere. Before your computer can use the space on the hard drive to store ...

First of all, thanks to the Ars community ~ I've been a lurker for a while and this is my first post. I recently bought a laptop for a relative ~ an ASUS X200CA; a low-end affair, yes, but he's ...

Joseph Blough Jr. plans to upgrade his hard drive. How does he move Windows, his applications, and his files to their new, larger home? I’m not going to discuss the hardware issues of making sure your ...