A partition is a logical section of storage space on a hard disk. Partitions appear as separate drives. You can create, delete, format, or validate a partition. For example, you may want to create one partition with Windows 7 installed and one with Windows 8 installed. You can use the Rescue Disk to partition a disk.
Formatting a partition deletes all data on that partition. When you partition a hard disk, you divide its storage space into separate data areas. After you partition a disk, you can store directories and files of different categories on different partitions. How space management, permissions, and directory searching are implemented depends on the file system installed on a partition.
Back up all essential files prior to deleting or formatting a partition.
With Rescue Disk, you can format and delete partitions, set the active partition, and repair or change existing partitions.
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