One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.

To modify the partition with Gparted, it has to be downloaded and then burned into a blank CD. This CD will be used as a bootable CD in order to resize the partition on Linux. Follow these easy ...

GParted Live boots quickly, and handles virtually any partition type, including nearly all Linux, OS X, and Windows types. Graphically, GParted Live is primitive.

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus.

Vincent Danen goes over the basics of using the standard dd tool to back up and copy partitions and drives.

If you're a Linux user who happens to dual-boot with Windows, you should exercise extreme caution when upgrading to the just-released Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Not long after Microsoft's ...