管理儲存區與分割區

The word volume is used to describe a storage device, like a hard disk. It can also refer to a part of the storage on that device, because you can split the storage up into chunks. The computer makes this storage accessible via your file system in a process referred to as mounting. Mounted volumes may be hard drives, USB drives, DVD-RWs, SD cards, and other media. If a volume is currently mounted, you can read (and possibly write) files on it.

Often, a mounted volume is called a partition, though they are not necessarily the same thing. A “partition” refers to a physical area of storage on a single disk drive. Once a partition has been mounted, it can be referred to as a volume because you can access the files on it. You can think of volumes as the labeled, accessible “storefronts” to the functional “back rooms” of partitions and drives.

使用磁碟公用程式檢視與管理儲存區及分割區

您可以透過磁碟公用程式對系統上的儲存區進行檢查與調整。

  1. 開啟「概覽」並啟動《磁碟》。

  2. 左側邊欄為儲存裝置列表，此處會顯示系統上的硬碟、CD/DVD 燒錄機、以及更多的實體裝置。點一下您欲檢視的裝置。

  3. 右側窗格的「儲存區」區域會以圖表顯示該裝置上的儲存區數目、以及個別分割區的大小等資訊。在「儲存區」下方的齒輪按鈕中，更包含了許多用於管理儲存區的工具。

    請特別注意：磁碟公用程式若操作不慎，恐致磁碟中的資料消失。

Your computer most likely has at least one primary partition and a single swap partition. The swap partition is used by the operating system for memory management, and is rarely mounted. The primary partition contains your operating system, applications, settings, and personal files. These files can also be distributed among multiple partitions for security or convenience.

One primary partition must contain information that your computer uses to start up, or boot. For this reason it is sometimes called a boot partition, or boot volume. To determine if a volume is bootable, select the partition and click the menu button in the toolbar underneath the partition list. Then, click Edit Partition… and look at its Flags. External media such as USB drives and CDs may also contain a bootable volume.