The error “Windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS” usually occurs when you install Windows on a GPT disk and the EFI system ...

So the GF needed a new laptop and so we buy a nice Huawei Matebook. A while in, I notice the 1tb drive, besides EFI and recovery partitions, has an 80gb C: "Windows" partition and a "Data" partition.

While performing the Clean Installation of Windows, you must select a hard drive partition on which you want to install Windows. The selected hard drive partition should be empty; otherwise, ...

With Windows 7's release just around the corner, now's a great time to get your PC ready for the new operating system. First step: separate your data onto a dedicated partition. A partition is what ...

It can be tricky to manage disk partitions in Windows. Perhaps you want to boot two operating systems simultaneously, or maybe you don't want to reinstall Windows when partitioning a hard disk. There ...

Q: After building a computer with a 500-gigabyte hard drive, I loaded Windows XP Professional. Dur- ing the installation, Windows asks if you want to partition your 500-GB hard drive into two 250-GB ...

Acharya1987’s C: drive is running out of space. I offer my suggestions, as does the Answer Line forum. I’m going to concentrate here on recovering disc space in Windows and your applications, but not ...

Now that Windows 7 is creeping up on general availability, you'll probably want to remove your RC installation. I assume most of you interested are running these pre-release versions in a dual boot ...

Cedric Crawley wants to keep Windows 7 and his applications in one partition, and his data in another. Creating a separate data partition protects both your system and your data. See Reasons to ...

You can partition a hard drive in Windows 10 to create dedicated portions of the hard drive that your computer will recognize separately. Every hard drive has at least one partition, usually called "C ...