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The Ultimate guide to Hard drive partitioning

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What we ever want to do when we grab a new PC or laptop? The first and foremost preference is given to partitioning. Whatever the memory of the hard disk, we tend to partition it according to our own needs. 100GB for education, 250GB for entertainment it depends on the person who owns the device. The most general question is could I do partitioning without losing any data or harming the operating system? Answer from my side is yes, you could do partitioning on your own without any risk. So, in this post I have explained how to do partitioning in a PC or laptop. Before you read further : If you don't know anything about booting, partitioning and related stuffs, don't worry. Everything is new to all at the beginning. Just keep at the stream of content flow, I am sure, you will get to know what you need to know to successfully perform the required task.. Partitioning methods MBR - Master Boot Record It's an antique method of partitioning. In this method, you can have a partit

Tutorial to create bootable USB

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We are in a world where most of the file transfers are being made using USB s. Still, installation of operating systems and drivers are done with CDs and DVDs. Those disks can't be taken everywhere and they are not re-writable. To install operating systems, USB devices can also be used. We can erase the operating system files and use it for other purposes whenever needed. Bootable USBs are which takes control over booting when our system starts for the installation of OS , recovery purpose, or trying Linux distributions. Copying operating system files and pasting it to USBs will not make it bootable. To make a USB device bootable, we must use some applications. They are all simple and easy to use. Though many people find it difficult to do so. So, in this post I'm going to explain how to make bootable USBs of Windows, Linux and other utility tools like Gparted, SystemRescueCd etc.., Note : To boot your system using a removable media, first you must correctly configure your BIO