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All savvy computer users know what is VirtualBox , how and why it is used. But rather than just virtualizing, you can use it for other purposes too. The following things can also be done using VirtualBox in my point of view. For the one who don't even know what is VirtualBox, I recommend you to read the Lifehacker's guide to VirtualBox . Hide your personal files Tired of searching applications to hide your personal files? VirtualBox can give you real solution. You must have used Shared folders in VirtualBox. You could hide files, if the size of your Virtual hard disk is large enough to accommodate your files. Now all you need to do is, just cut and paste the files you want to hide from the Shared folders to the Virtual hard drive. You can retrieve the files from the VirtualBox whenever you need it. Note : One thing must be taken care in this method, if your Virtual hard disk is "Dynamically allocated". This type of hard drive will grow in size, when it is used. (i.e)...

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...

Tamilnadu Government is giving Laptop to Government and Aided institute's HSC and Arts college students. The manufacturer of the laptop is most probably Lenova, HCL or Acer. The size of the hard disk in the Lenova laptop is about 300GB. Now, In this post I'm going to show you how to resize the linux partition so that you can use that partition (which will have the size of around 88GB) without deleting the BOSS Linux. You must also remember that Removal of BOSS Linux may cause the warranty of the product.You can also download this guide as pdf for your future reference. They have partitioned the laptop in the following way: 59GB   - Local disk C 141GB - Local disk D 98GB   - This partition is allocated to BOSS linux Why should I shrink the linux Partition? You can't use the 98GB linux partition in Windows. 6-10GB is enough for linux. We can both read & write NTFS (Windows partition) in linux. We can't even read a linux partition in windows. Most of us will not use...