I used to have Windows 2000 on my primary partition, XP on the second and my data on the third. I formatted the primary partition with the NTFS file system, after which I put back the NTLDR and ...

Automatic partitioning is safe and fast for standard installs—choose it if unsure. Manual partitioning is needed if you dual-boot, use LVM, or want separate filesystems for different partitions. Plan ...

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Resizing partitions via a command line doesn't have to be complicated.

I have a bit of extra time and I'll probably be adding Linux to this computer soon. My question is, I have one 150GB (160 'decimal' GB) physical hard drive, split into a 119GB and a 29GB partition.

If you need to move your Linux installation to a different hard drive or partition (and keep it working) and your distro uses grub this tech tip is what you need. To start, get a live CD and boot into ...

Let's start by clearly stating what this post is, and what it isn't. It is a description of how I set up multi-boot for Linux systems, sometimes including Windows, using the GRUB bootloader. It is not ...

Mac hardware supports most versions of the Linux operating system. Thus, you can install Linux on your iMac G5 without erasing Mac OS X from the machine. In fact, with the help of the Boot Camp ...

If you're a Mac user, you may have already used Apple's Boot Camp to get Windows on your system for those must-have programs. With a fast new Ubuntu out, however, you might want to give it a try—but ...