Disk partitioning

Disk partitioning
Disk partitioning or disk slicing1 is the creation of one or more regions on a hard disk or other secondary storage, so that an operating system can manage information in each region separately2 Partitioning is typically the first step of preparing a newly manufactured disk, before any files or directories have been created The disk stores the information about the partitions locations and sizes in an area known as the partition table that the operating system reads before any other part of the disk Each partition then appears in the operating system as a distinct "logical" disk that uses part of the actual disk System administrators use a program called a partition editor to create, resize, delete, and manipulate the partitions3
Contents
1 Benefits of multiple partitions
2 Disadvantages of multiple partitions
3 PC partition types
31 Primary partition
32 Extended partition
4 Partitioning schemes
41 DOS, Windows, and OS/2
42 Unix-like systems
43 Multi-boot and mixed-boot systemsclarification needed
44 GUID Partition Table
5 Partition recovery
6 Compressed disks
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