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Drive Partitioning

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Drive partitioning is the division of a storage device into sections that function as independent disk drives.

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Drive partitioning allows users to divide a single physical disk into multiple logical sections, enabling the separation of system and user data, or the installation of multiple operating systems. This process is vital in optimizing disk management, ensuring data isolation, and improving the organization and efficiency of hardware storage resources.

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A 1 TB solid-state drive (SSD) is partitioned into a 256 GB (approx. 238.4 GiB) section for the operating system and the remaining space for data storage.

Commonly used for setting up systems where the operating system requires isolation for performance and security, such as in dual-boot configurations.

A 500 GB hard disk drive (HDD) is divided into three partitions: 150 GB (approx. 139.7 GiB) for Windows OS, 150 GB for Linux OS, and 200 GB (approx. 186.3 GiB) for shared data storage.

Frequently used in scenarios where multiple operating systems are needed on a single machine without using virtual environments.