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 ...

A computer can recognize a second partition on a USB hard drive only if it can read the partition. If computer is unable to read the secondary partition, the partition may be in an unsupported ...

Leo knows that data is safer if you don’t keep it on the same partition as Windows and your programs. Last week I explained fixing this in XP; now I’ll tackle Vista.

Leo knows that data is safer if you don’t keep it on the same partition as Windows and your programs. I tell him how to move it in Windows XP. Backing up, recovering from a disaster, and moving ...

How do I copy files from a failing HDD? I have windows 7 and a 3tb disk drive that's been split so if I boot off my replacement drive the last 1tb partition doesn't show up. Every time I try to ...