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This is a continuation of my previous post where we discussed some of the basic principles of partitioning a hard drive and therefore in the next example we will try to perform this process on a real drive under Windows XP. What we need is a computer with installed and running Windows XP and of course an additional hard drive or at least a free (unallocated) space on the current drive. Important: whatever drive you use, be sure to back up all important data located on it as there is a risk of information loss. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hard drive partitioning is a process in which a physical drive is divided into two or more sections called partitions. For example, you can divide a 500GB hard drive into two partitions of 250GB. This is most often required in case of upgrading you old hard drive or adding an additional drive to your system in order to increase its storage capacity. But how to partition your hard drive and is it really necessary. Well, actually your computer would work properly,regardless of whether the hard disk is partitioned or not, but the presence of multiple partitions will definitely make your life easier. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What Is A Partition?

Partition is a separate “part” of the hard drive resulting from a process called partitioning. Actually when we say “part” we mean some space that is less than 100% of the hard drive capacity. However, this may be a bit confusing because sometimes one partition can occupy the whole available space on a hard drive. As we know operating system will be able to write data to hard drive only when it finds partition with a valid file system. [Read the rest of this entry...]

As can be seen from the title, the following guide will help you find out what storage device has been connected to your computer as well as the date and time when it was connected. Thus knowing the last date of connection of a certain USB device you will be able to detect an eventual data theft or unwanted software installation attempt. This could be an easy way to improve security in your home or office especially if you own a computer system containing valuable information that should not be publicly available. Of course this is not the only application of this manual as it can be used for many other useful tasks such as detection of problems with drivers or malfunctioning USB devices (not only for data storage but also a webcams, printers, scanners, etc.). [Read the rest of this entry...]

Today I’ll show you an easy trick, allowing you to add application shortcuts to your desktop right-click menu. Thus you can facilitate access to some of the programs installed on your computer or even to free additional space on your desktop by moving some of the icons in the menu, saving valuable space on the desktop, but at the same time  remaining easily accessible. The only thing you need to do is open the registry editor and add several new lines as explained below. For the next example I will try to add a shortcut to Windows Control Panel in the right-click menu of my desktop.  Let’s see. [Read the rest of this entry...]