GParted. The editor of your Hard Disk

GParted is the best-known tool for effectively making disk partitions.

GParted is a free program that is enhanced to simplify disk partitions and graphically. In addition, you can manage your different sections of the hard disk and visualize them with all their information.

In this article, we will cover all the details of GParted. But first, a small introduction to disk partitions in general.

What are disk partitions?

Disk partitions are each division within a single physical data storage unit. Each section is self-contained and represents having several hard drives in one.

Something you probably don't know about your computer is that it has several sections. You can find this out on your Windows computer by looking in the Windows toolbar for the word partitions . There you will see an option that you may have never seen before.

The option is called: " Create and format hard disk partitions ." By entering that option, you will be able to see the different partitions of the hard disk.

This will explain why the amount of space it says when you look in the File Explorer in Windows section, in My computer , if your computer has, for example, 500 GB of hard disk, you can only see a percentage available.

The 500 GB is not shown because the partitions do not appear as the same hard disk.

And what is the use of having partitions on the same hard disk?

This is an excellent option to manage your space more radically. Think that if you reach the limit of this one, you can no longer continue adding things.

But for people who know how to take advantage of it, you can generate another operating system within the same computer (for example, Linux) or change the file system used from NTFS, which is the Windows default, to the one you want.

They can also hold valuable information you want to store securely and differentially. So if you are hacked, they cannot access it. In addition, you can have another partition for backups.

That is why disk partitions can be helpful for everyone. It is a little-known but valuable process. Keep in mind that it is a radical way to manage space. It is not like a simple folder inside Windows.

This is a much more common process with other operating systems because it effectively manages files in those systems.

So if you want to do disk partitioning, GParted is your program.

GParted allows you to format, resize, copy, hide and delete disk partitions.

One of the annoying things about the native Windows system is that you have to reboot every time you make a disk partition or modify something on it.

Another thing is that you can put all changes on hold until you finally decide to do it.

The program does not need an operating system.

And the user interface is excellent and easy to use, which I think is suitable for us newbies to disk partitioning because the system that comes in Windows is counter-intuitive and very old-fashioned.

Another positive feature is that you can copy one partition to another, even if they are not on the same hard drive. If you think about it, this is the most effective way you have to copy EVERYTHING from your computer, EVERYTHING, to another storage.

You can also change the partition size, section it into different partitions or create a bigger one with this one.

And for connoisseurs, it has many more options, like changing the volume label, creating a partition table, or managing the flags of a device.

The option to do a memory scan of a specific partition or all partitions is also excellent because you can use MemTest86+, which comes preinstalled.

One of the disadvantages of the program is that it weighs 300 MB, which is quite a lot. But if you have the space, it is still an excellent choice for you to manage disk partitions.

Conclusion:

This is the program to try a partitioning system for your hard drive. It is free and has much more functionality than the native Windows system.

You may not need to create partitions on your hard drive, but if you do, you will want to have this program handy.