How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP

INTRODUCTIONsummaryThis step-by-step article describes how to partition and format a hard disk with Windows XP.Before you can install an operating system, you must first create a primary partition on the first physical hard disk (Disk 0) on your computer, and then format a file system on that partition. This partition is named the System partition. Alternatively, you can create a separate partition for the operating system on any physical hard disk. This is named the startup partition. The System partition on Disk 0 can also be used as a startup partitionMORE INFORMATIONmoreinformationOptions for partitioning and formatting your hard diskmoreinformationYou can use the Microsoft Windows XP Setup program or the Fdisk and Format tools to partition and format System and startup partitions.For...

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Disk partitioning

Disk partitioning is the creation of divisions of a hard disk. Once a disk is divided into several partitions, directories and files can be grouped by categories such as data type and usage. Space management, access permissions and directory searching are based on the file system installed on a partition. First decide how many separate categories of data are needed and the size of each. More categories provide more control but too many become a nuisance. One scheme is to separate the operating system files from user files. Having a partition for swapping, separate from system utilities, keeps frequently used programs and data near each other. Having browser cache files in a separate partition keeps them away from other files. The frequency of update and access is an important consideration...

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PHP::Strings - PHP count_chars() Function

Definition and UsageThe count_chars() function returns how many times an ASCII character occurs within a string and returns the information.Syntaxcount_chars(string,mode) Parameter Description string Required. The string to be checked mode Optional. Specifies the return modes. 0 is default. The different return modes are:0 - an array with the ASCII value as key and number of occurrences as value 1 - an array with the ASCII value as key and number of occurrences as value, only lists occurrences greater than zero 2 - an array with the ASCII value as key and number of occurrences as value, only lists occurrences equal to zero are listed 3 - a string with all the different characters used 4 - a string with all the unused characters --------------------------------------------------------------------------------sample...

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How To Update a SQL Server Database by Using the SqlDataAdapter Object in Visual Basic .NET

Description of the TechniqueThe SqlDataAdapter object serves as a bridge between an ADO.NET DataSet object and a SQL Server database. SqlDataAdapter is an intermediary object that populates an ADO.NET DataSet object with data that is retrieved from a SQL Server database and then updates the database to reflect the changes (such as inserts, updates, and deletes) that are made to the data by using the DataSet object.The InsertCommand, the UpdateCommand, and the DeleteCommand properties of the SqlDataAdapter object update the database with the data modifications that are run on a DataSet object. These properties are SqlCommand objects that specify the INSERT, the UPDATE, and the DELETE Transact-SQL commands that are used to post the dataset modifications to the target database. The SqlCommand...

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Content Building

We're going to take a break from programming and concentrate on another aspect of being a webmaster that we've mentioned once before in this series of articles and that's content. Content is going to be different for every site as each site contains different information as each site will deal with different main subjects. So the first thing I’d like to go over is how to determine the type of content we're going to use in our own sites.First things first, we must fist decide what the site will be geared towards. Many webmasters make a common mistake; which sometimes isn't a mistake at all, but most webmasters tend to gear their sites toward more then one main topic or subject. In most cases a website is run by one webmaster and is normally a hobby or something they will do in their free time....

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