Operating systems, such as Linux, provides partitioning software to resize partitions without any data loss. It's possible to resize a partition using Gparted in an easy and a convenient way. Gparted ...

With Linux you have a number of ways to add encryption to your servers and desktops. One of the more secure routes is encrypting an entire partition (as opposed to folder-level encryption).

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 (and Unix) have generally referred to disk partitions by their "traditional" device name, such as /dev/sda2 or /dev/hda5. However, this kind of name for a particular partition can (and will ...

8. Format as suggested Before an OS can use a new partition, it needs to be formatted. Windows partitions are either formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. Linux has no shortage of filesystem formats.

Linux Reader is a free Windows application that allows you read access to ext2 and ext3 formatted drives (your Linux partition). The software does a nice job of copying the look and feel Windows ...

FAT12 seems to be a favorite of MS OS'es when labeling foreign non-recognizable partitions.<P>You probably have your linux-partition in the same hard-drive as your Win2K-partition.

At the boot prompt type:<P>linux single root=/dev/hda3 initrd=<P>this will put you in single user mode on your hda3 partition. Edit /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo.