Most PCs come from the factory with a single partition on their hard drive, meaning that it shows up as one drive in the Computer window (as C:, typically). But keeping your data, applications, and ...

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Disk partitioning–separating your hard drive into multiple independent volumes–can relieve all sorts of computer-related headaches. PC World’s Patrick Miller shows you how to use the Disk Management ...

So you want to try out Windows 8. Excellent! But you’re not foolhardy enough to try using a developer preview build as your main work/play operating system–you just want to dabble. We’ll show you how ...

I agree with this recommendation on every operating system you might use, including Windows Vista. As a matter of aesthetics, it's nice to keep your data from mingling with system files, and as a ...

When you acquire a new business computer, you may see multiple drive letters such as C, D and E while viewing items in Windows Explorer. Although these drive letters may designate physical internal or ...

The Read Only attribute in Windows 11/10 protects a file from being overwritten, modified, or deleted. As the name implies, when you set the Read Only attribute to a file or folder, you can only view ...

With the availability of software that tracks inventory, manages payroll, creates advertisements and more, a personal computer isn't just useful in the smooth operation of a small business; it's ...

I'm not sure if this post belongs in this forum or the Windows forum so my apologies if it's misplaced. I have a 2017 27" iMac that's nearing the end of its useful life. The screen cracked in a couple ...