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

Not too long ago, a friend sent me an e-mail that said, "I want to ask for a favor and see if you can help me to recover the data in the hard disk of my daughter's PC." I came to learn that some ...

I'm on Ubuntu Lucid. It looks like the partition table on my trusted backup drive has gotten damaged or corrupted (may have been improperly removed before unmounting, maybe). Because this is my backup ...

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This tutorial focuses on using GParted, or Gnome Partition Editor, a free and open source partition editor. To use GParted, you must first download the CD Image file (.iso file) of GParted Live for ...

Partitioning means writing the hard drive sectors that will make up the partition table. It contains information on the partition, including sector size, position with respect to the primary partition ...

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus. Linux ...

My previous post on Linux Mint Debian Edition 201303 has obviously uncovered a lot of confusion about EFI booting and GPT partition tables. I hope that I can explain it all a bit more, with a couple ...