Many users very often use the partitioning of the hard disk to organize their own files and delimit disk space. The way in which the operating system is located on one disk and personal files are placed on another is quite indicative. Thanks to this method of storing information, it becomes possible to resort to a full backup, which will help to make recovery in the event of a system failure. You also need to consider the fact that in the event of a minor malfunction, a disk check will take much less time.
To
partition the hard drive was understandable to the average user, you must at least briefly talk about its structure. Each hard drive can be represented as a single space, divided into sectors. All of them are subject to numbering to determine the exact address in the future. However, it is not always convenient to use a single space for user purposes. Thus, logical cutting into sections is performed. The whole bunch of sectors is divided into parts using a special
program for partitioning the hard disk. In fact, of course, cutting is only mentioned in a figurative sense, but in fact the boundaries of the sections are simply declared.
From a technical point of view,
partitioning a hard disk looks much more complicated. Partition is occupied by the partition table, which indicates how the disk is divided. It is located at the end of the first sector, immediately following the preloader. However, such a table allows you to create no more than four sections, which is not quite the best option.
The developers came up with a universal method, providing an extended section. Usually, all the remaining space at the end is reserved for it. By the way, if necessary, it will be possible to divide it into subsections in the same way.
When a hard drive is partitioned, partitions from the table are considered basic, and all subsections are optional. Performing actions with partitions, it is necessary to take into account the inextricable link directly with the layout of disk space. This method is most common for personal computers, but when the partitioning logic changes, the efficiency decreases. If you want to increase the size of a partition or create a new one, there are many difficulties with the redistribution of data or the number of additional partitions. The way out of this predicament is that no data is bound to a specific area of the disk.
Each user decides for himself in which situations you need to partition the hard drive. However, for all its positive aspects, there is one serious drawback. If a small hard drive is divided into a large number of parts, then in the future it will not be possible to write a file onto it that will exceed the size of free disk space in each partition. That is, with severe crushing of the hard disk, the amount of lost space increases.