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In computing, diskpart is a command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows 2000 and later Microsoft operating systems, replacing its predecessor, fdisk. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The command is also available in ReactOS .
Last version release date DFSee Jan van Wijk Proprietary software Yes DOS, Linux, macOS, OS/2, Windows NT family 2021-10-06 Disk Director Acronis: Proprietary software No Windows 2023-03-04 DiskGenius Eassos Proprietary software Yes Windows 2024-08-15 Disk Utility: Apple: Proprietary software Yes macOS: diskpart: Microsoft: Proprietary software Yes
GRUB 2, elilo and systemd-boot serve as conventional, full-fledged standalone UEFI boot managers (a.k.a. bootloader managers) for Linux. Once loaded by a UEFI firmware, they can access and boot kernel images from all devices, partitions and file systems they support, without being limited to the EFI system partition.
Separating user data from system data can prevent the system partition from becoming full and rendering the system unusable. Partitioning can also make backing up easier. A disadvantage is that it can be difficult to properly size partitions, resulting in having one partition with too much free space and another nearly totally allocated.
Version or edition Platform Read and write support Boot support Note FreeBSD: Since 7.0 IA-32, x86-64, ARM: Yes Yes In a hybrid configuration, both GPT and MBR partition identifiers may be used. Linux: Most of the x86 Linux distributions Fedora 8+ and Ubuntu 8.04+ [19] IA-32, x86-64, ARM Yes Yes
The partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the file system the partition contains or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions (e.g. special CHS mappings, LBA access, logical mapped geometries, special driver access, hidden partitions, secured or encrypted file ...
Microsoft-defined GPT attribute flags for BDPs [1]; Bit number Meaning 60: The volume is read-only and may not be mounted read-write. 62: The volume is hidden.
After the release of the first version of UDF, the DVD Consortium adopted it as the official file system for DVD-Video and DVD-Audio. [5] UDF shares the basic volume descriptor format with ISO 9660. A "UDF Bridge" format is defined since 1.50 so that a disc can also contain a ISO 9660 file system making references to files on the UDF part. [6]