Disk Probe displays only a single sector of the physical disk to start with. You have to tell Disk Probe which sectors you want to look at. To do so, select the Read command from the Sectors menu.

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In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start using ...

If partitioning a drive with Disk Utility gives you unmount or resource busy errors, there may be workarounds you can use. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

There are many reasons to partition your hard drive: security, data redundancy, or filing. It's easier than you think. Here's how to split up your storage allocation and get it ready for use. Our team ...

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Upon returning home from a short trip yesterday, I discovered that my desktop G5 had, during my absence, developed a problem—I was unable to copy some images from my digital camera into my iPhoto ...

Despite virtualization becoming more relevant and multiple drives (including external) installed on your PC, there are still good reasons to use multiple partitions on Windows PCs. Regarding Windows, ...

Here's a couple of related questions, rolled into one, which I am hoping someone can help me out with. These all relate to my attempting to understand the uses of the network block device (nbd) and ...