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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SubRosaSoft Ltd. has released VolumeWorks 1.0, a new utility for Mac OS X users that enables them to resize and manage their hard disk drive data partitions non-destructively. It supports ATA, SCSI, ...

On purchasing a brand new computer, the hard drive usually has a single partition. However, you may need multiple partitions to organize your data and even protect it from data loss. You can view ...

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 ...