What Are the Advantages of Hard Drive Partitioning?
The feature I like most about hard drive partitioning is the ability to segregate data on a portion of the hard drive separate from that upon which the operating system resides. If for some reason I need to reload the operating system, I can do so without disturbing my data. You can even create a partition for backing up data, but keep in mind that if you suffer a catastrophic hard drive failure, both partitions may be lost! Keep in mind that any operation that moves massive quantities of data is inherently risky, so hard drive partitioning and repartitioning should not be performed frequently and you should always back up your data prior to partitioning.
Updated on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
