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Memahami apa itu volume dan partisi dan memakai utilitas disk untuk mengelola mereka.
Andika Triwidada
andika@gmail.com 2011-2014, 2017.

# Mengelola volume dan partisi

Kata volume dipakai untuk menjelaskan suatu perangkat penyimpanan, seperti sebuah hard disk. Itu juga bisa mengacu kepada sebuah bagian dari penyimpanan pada perangkat, karena Anda dapat memecah penyimpanan ke dalam bongkahan-bongkahan. Komputer membuat penyimpanan ini dapat diakses melalui sistem berkas Anda dalam suatu proses yang dikenal sebagai mengait. Volume yang dikat mungkin berubah hard disk, USB, DVD-RW, kartu SD, dan media lain. Bila suatu volume saat ini sedang dikait, Anda dapat membaca (dan mungkin menulis) berkas-berkas padanya.

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.

# Lihat dan kelola volume dan partisi memakai utilitas disk

You can check and modify your computer’s storage volumes with the disk utility.

Open the Activities overview and start Disks.

In the list of storage devices on the left, you will find hard disks, CD/DVD drives, and other physical devices. Click the device you want to inspect.

The right pane provides a visual breakdown of the volumes and partitions present on the selected device. It also contains a variety of tools used to manage these volumes.

Berhati-hatilah: mungkin saja menghapus sepenuhnya data pada disk Anda dengan utilitas ini.

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.