partition

I was hoping to solve this problem by myself, but I seem to have hit a dead end. I need to partition the disk to install a Linux Distro on it. Obviously, this is not the first time that I do this, but the problem I'm experiencing today is the first time that happened to me. Basically, I can't...

Hello, I am used to using Gnome Disks for Linux, that allows me to take a partition, and create an image file of that, and later I can Restore the partition image from the file to the same disk, or to a different disk. I have spent 1-2 hours on Windows research, and I cannot find any application...

Hello, I attempted to install the Ubuntu 16.04 Linux operating system alongside windows 10 for a dual boot setup, unfortunately things didn't work out as well as I had hoped and now, I can only boot into Ubuntu with varying degrees of success and no internet access as I don't have the proper...

Hello. I have 3 drives in my PC: SSD with Ubuntu HDD for downloads etc. - no OS HDD with Windows 8.1 partition & Windows 7 partition & 1 empty partition When I start my PC, the GRUB2 menu shows up and I can choose whether I run Ubuntu or Windows. When I choose Ubuntu, it normally starts up...

I have a laptop that I installed an ssd(had to swap the hdd and merge the ssd over) however whenever I do a cold boot I have to go into the bios in order to boot. I'm assuming my issue lies with how many partitions I have and their order. I saw that I have an unallocated partition and Cannot...

Hi, I need some help with a few multi-boot questions. I know how to set up two versions of windows with a boot menu but there are a few technicalities I need to understand. To better explain here is what I need to end up with 1) A windows 7 partition encrypted with its own encryption key...

Hi everyone, I wanted to do a clean install of Windows 10 from Windows 7 and created a usb drive for that. Since I wanted to do a clean install I backed up all my data. When I booted up from the usb drive everything goes fine. I can/could go to the setup menu and set everything up. I think I...

Hello to all, I want to create a new partition out of my primary C drive but without having to format the disk. Is it possible to do so. This partition has a lot of space and therefore I want another partition, but without losing the content on C. I am using Windows 7 Home Edition

I upgraded to Windows 10 on a brand-new laptop running Windows 8.1. This is a gaming laptop and, unfortunately, not all of the software/drivers that came with the laptop is compatible with Windows 10 right now. The laptop is an MSi GP60 2QF Leopard Pro. It has a 16GB recovery partition...

i trying install windows xp home edition on my old desktop computer and i got 40 gb harddrive in my house so i needed one and i tried to format by looking at bottom to format and i tried to install but error and heres what it needs it wants windows xp compatible partition so i putted...

Hello, I'd like to ask for help. I installed windows on my 1TB drive, but it automatically put the system reserved partition on my 320GB drive. Is it possible to relocate that to my 1TB drive, and if so, how complicated would that be, and how would I go about doing that? Thanks in advance, Barna