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You do not need to in order for your computer to provide basic functionality, but it seperates your hard drive so that your computer thinks you have two or more hard drives, but in reality it has only one.
You may use this to use more than one operating system on any given computer system.
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Can you use Linux to boot a computer and access the hard drive?
Yes. LiveCDs can access the hard drive on a computer, though you will need to know the partition identification to mount that partition.
When you partition a computer do you just partition the harddrive or do you partition the RAM as well?
You just partition the Hard drive not the RAM.
How do you remove a partition on your hard drive using a MS Windows 2000 OS?
my computer--->manage->computer management ---->select drive drive and right click delete partition
Where is the FAT located on a computer?
This is a partition on your hard drive.
Why do YOU need to partitions THE computer of system?
You can't put any files on the drive until you partition followed by a format.
How do you create local disk?
A local disk is any hard drive or disk partition on the computer in question. So in order to "create" one, you need to either add a new hard drive, or partition the existing one.
How do you create a local disk?
A local disk is any hard drive or disk partition on the computer in question. So in order to "create" one, you need to either add a new hard drive, or partition the existing one.
Do you need to partition your drive to install Windows 98?
Of course you need to partition your drive. If you already have installed Windows XP You need to make a new partition for win98 formated FAT32. WinXP use NTFS formatting.
How can you tell how many partitions your hard drive has?
You will need to open up the disk management window on you computer. To do this open up the control panel and search for "partition" then click the link that says "Create and format hard disk partitions". From here you can view and modify all the partitions on any disk on your computer.
What is the process called when you are assigning part or all the drive for use by the computer?
Partition?
Why computer partition started with c drive?
Because A and B are reserved for floppy drives.
What partition is the active partition of the hard drive?
The system partition(a partition where the operating system is installed) is the active partition of the Hard Drive
