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Disk partitioning is the process of separating the physical drive into logical pieces. Partitions can be useful to keep data separated, but multiple partitions are not always necessary. Partitions are…

Before data can be written to a partition, it must be formatted with a file system. The file system is the way the OS is going to categorize and store…

Swap partition A swap partition is used for memory management. If you’re running many applications and you’re running out of memory, your OS can temporarily copy unused information to the…

You may need to load alternate third party drivers after an operating system installation. For example, your OS may not recognize the controller that a storage device is plugged into,…

In Windows, after an OS installation, you may be asked if this will be a workstation configuration or a Windows domain configuration. If you are are connection to a Windows…

After an OS installation, you’ll also need to set the time, date, region, and language settings.

Operating systems use device drivers to talk to hardware. Most operating system installation programs will recognize the hardware in your computer and will load the appropriate drivers. However, if your…

If the operating system didn’t already create its own recovery partition, you may want to create one yourself. You can copy all of the files you just used to install…

Before you install Windows, examine the drive where you will be installing the operating system. See if the there is data on the drive already. If there is then back…

Before performing an operating system installation make sure your hardware meets the minimum requirements of the operating system. Find out the operating system’s minimum requirements for memory, disk space, etc….