When a 1-byte file can hog up to 32 KB of disk storage, it's no wonder they call it a FAT file system. In this Daily Drill Down, Brien Posey examines partitions and clusters, and he explains how ...

You can use the swapon and swapoff commands to enable and disable a swap device at will. This is handled automatically on ...

However, if you would like to partition your drive manually, such as for creating a scratch disk or a data storage partition, you can do this using Disk Utility.

USB flash drives (a.k.a. “thumb” drives) may seem passé in a world where AirDrop and cloud storage solve the file-transfer problem. But they’re still quite useful for handing over files to another ...

How to Dismount a UDF Partition. When you purchase external storage devices such as hard drives or USB flash drives, some manufacturers include driver software or hidden partitions that help the ...

It can be frustrating when your hard disk or partition is not detected when installing Windows 11/10 and you get to see an error message that says— We couldn’t ...

How to Clean Out a D Drive on a Computer. The D: drive is usually a secondary hard drive installed on a computer, often used to hold the restore partition or to provide additional disk storage ...

Paragon Hard Disk Manager offers total control over storage volumes for Mac, Windows, or Linux. If there’s anyone who knows what makes these file systems tick, it’s Paragon Software.

In disk utility, if I select the 930GB part of the pie chart diagram in the partition dialog, I can type in the resize window, however, the "Apply" button is greyed out and does not become active.