A partition separates a section of a physical disk into another virtual drive. When you split a hard drive into two partitions, you're creating a separate disk that your operating system (like Windows ...

If something goes horribly wrong with your Windows computer, you may decide to give it a fresh start. Reinstalling the operating system will rectify your problems -- as long as your hardware's OK -- ...

Recently I became the mostly happy owner of an HP Pavilion dm1z. I say “mostly happy” because I wasn’t thrilled with its performance. To give the system a boost, I decided to swap the pokey 5,200-rpm ...