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What is partition?

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/what-is-partition.155474/

samudragupta
samudragupta Original post #1
Apr 12, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Hi friends, i have been scratching my head for quite some time over this. Can some one explain to me what is creating partition in windows and what is its use? please explain to me in layman's term.
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Vignesh B #2
Apr 12, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Suppose u have a 5000 sq feet house. You can divide it into as many parts as required using walls. Here each separate part is called a partition.
In the same way you can divide your single large hard disk(say 1TB)into some parts as required..
Let me google it for you
thetechfreak
thetechfreak #3
Apr 12, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Partition is same for a PC like Rooms in a house (like the post above me also said)

How to Partition a Laptop Hard Drive | eHow.com