en-us 2008 Leo A. Notenboom and Puget Sound Software, LLC Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:16:26 -08:00 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:16:26 -08:00 720 http://img.askleomedia.com/altile144.jpg http://ask-leo.com 140 140 Tech Questions? Get Answers! Ask Leo! http://ask-leo.com/should_i_partition_my_external_drive.html Partitioning creates an artificial restriction on the disk that you must choose to begin with. There is a better way to organize a drive. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:16:26 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_resize_this_partition_that_windows_can_only_resize_so_far.html What's probably happening is that some files are in the way that Windows either won't or can't move. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:02:21 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_free_up_space_on_my_recovery_drive.html Recovery partitions are meant to only hold system recovery files. It shouldn't be written to and doesn't need more space. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:39:56 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/can_i_swap_how_my_c_and_d_drives_are_used.html It's not easy to switch a D drive to a C drive without a complete reinstall. Changing the size of partitions is a better method. leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:24:21 -08:00 Technology http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_extend_the_backup_partition_on_my_hard_disk.html The problem with expanding the size of partitions is that they can only be expanded from the back – but that's not your biggest problem – backing up to a partition isn't safe! leo@pugetsoundsoftware.com (Leo A. Notenboom) Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:48:08 -08:00 Technology