What is the logical drive?Sooner or later, and this issue faced by all PC users.Many of them do not even pay attention to the fact that such a hearing a familiar expression, in fact, is for them incomprehensible phrase.
So logical drive - it is certain, in advance certain part of your hard drive (HDD) that is used to store information.Generally, in the system, it is designated by letters of the Latin alphabet (B, C, D, E, and so on).
It should be noted that the logical drives - this is not something physical that can be touched, like a hard drive, it is only conditional logical unit serving for the convenience of the user and organize the information on your PC.For example, having a physical medium, it is possible to create multiple logical (for films, for operational information for the games, system volume).
Partitioning into logical partitions has a number of advantages.Consider the most significant of them.
- convenient use of information resources and disk space to different users on the same physical device.In this case, you do not have to share their "place" with the other, creating a logical drive, and putting on him the rights to.
- Data Security.Using special programs and utilities can be protected separately taken the logical unit of the data changes, the possibility of writing information or reading.You can also set the possibility of these actions only after the introduction of a personal password.
- Ability to install several operating systems.With its arsenal a couple of logical volumes you can install different operating systems.Of course, that everything works, you need to have a less powerful computer and put the different operating systems on different drives.When properly installed, it will be possible to choose the operating system that is placed in a particular logical partition, simply by specifying the desired location when downloading the PC.
- smaller loss of data.If the damage is logical drive after partition is lost, only the information that is stored in this place.When the remaining volume is not affected.It is also worth mentioning that when you reinstall the operating system erases only the data that was on the system partition, and the remaining volume is not affected, that is, this technology allows the user to save the files in the installation process.
- Defragmenter separate logical units.It enables defragmentation process much more efficient and faster, which will not only speed up your PC, and will extend the use of the hard drive.
How to create a logical drive?Consider the example of the process of Windows 7, as this system is the most common today among ordinary users.
Step 1. Go to the system administrator.
Step 2. Open the Control Panel.Click on a group of System and Security.Go to the administration section.
Step 3. list, locate and then click Computer Management.Go to the submenu Disk Management under Storage.
Step 4. select the drive that you want to split.Click the right mouse button and select Shrink Volume.
Step 5. In the Size field, specify the size of the compressed new space in MB and click Shrink.
Step 6. Press area will appear with the name of "Unallocated" and select New Simple Volume, which appears when you right-click.This starts the wizard volumes
Step 7. Answer the questions in the wizard (assign a name to the new drive in a file system to format) and enjoy all the advantages of technology.
These simple steps will lead to the division of a hard drive and greatly simplify the "life" of the average user.
