Partitioning a hard drive (hard disk) has multiple functions and benefits. On the outset it is done to increase the performance of a hard drive and make it more secure. Here are some of the benefits of creating multiple hard drive partitions:
1. To separate the system files from the user files and thus decrease the chance of corruption or accidental deletion of crucial system files.
2. To create and assign a separate area for virtual memory or swap memory, which if assigned correctly increases the read and write speed of a system
3. For creating multiple operating system boots sequences. Different partitions can be used for different operating systems like windows, Linux etc
1. To separate the system files from the user files and thus decrease the chance of corruption or accidental deletion of crucial system files.
2. To create and assign a separate area for virtual memory or swap memory, which if assigned correctly increases the read and write speed of a system
3. For creating multiple operating system boots sequences. Different partitions can be used for different operating systems like windows, Linux etc
