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Isabella · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 100

I'm editing a procedure related to hardware that is normally
performed by our production department (hence my lack of
familiarity with the topic). The procedure calls for "splitting
the hard disk in two partitions, c: and d:."

Does simply that mean "creating an additional drive, named d:,"
or am I missing something?

I was told that "they" (the intended readers) would "know what it
means." I dunno. If I were reading something that told me to
split my hard drive, I'd be scared.

The term normally used is "partitioning", and refers to organising the
layout of the data on a single disk drive so that it appears to the
operating system that there are two or more separate drives, usually C:, D: etc

Partitioning is not something I would expect the average computer user ever to have to do, but if you are assured that your target audience is familiar with the principle, then that is the term they will be using.

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Isabella · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 100

Thanks