Translations:Partitioning Overview and Existing Partition Tables/3/en

• Meeting the requirements of certain operating systems, such as Windows, which requires at least two partitions: one for boot and one for Windows itself.
• The ability to install multiple operating systems on a single hard disk
• Separating parts of the hard disk to serve specific purposes, for example, for booting or to serve as virtual memory or Swap, and
• Separating parts of the hard disk to store specific types of files: system files, personal files and so on.