We explain how to speed up your PC with an advanced technique known as "short stroking," which involves finding the optimal partition size and the fastest parts of your hard drive's platters.

To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management. You can repartition and format your hard drives in Windows using the Disk Management tool.

If Mark Partition as Active is greyed out in the Disk Management utility of Windows 11/10, follow the solutions mentioned here to resolve the issue.

Some terms you'll see associated with a partition include primary, active, extended, and logical partitions (more on this below). Partitions are also sometimes called disk partitions, and when ...

HD2 contains the Vista install and is drive C:.<BR><BR>In Disk Manager:<BR><BR>HD1 is listed as: System, Active, Primary Partition.<BR><BR>HD2 is listed as: Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump ...