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2. System Restore - Wikipedia

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   Starting with Windows 7, the slider is available once again. Maximum space – In Windows XP, System Restore can be configured to use up to a maximum of 12% of the volume's space for most disk sizes; [8] however, this may be less depending on the volume's size. Restore points over 90 days old are automatically deleted, as specified by the ...

3. Microsoft Reserved Partition - Wikipedia

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   A Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR) is a partition of a data storage device that uses the GUID Partition Table (GPT) layout. The Windows operating system uses this partition for compatibility purposes. No meaningful data is stored within the MSR. Rather, when compatibility needs arise, Windows shrinks this partition to make way for other ...

4. Backup and Restore - Wikipedia

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   Backup and Restore [1] (formerly Backup and Restore Center [2]) is the primary backup component of Windows Vista and Windows 7.It can create file and folder backups, as well as system images backups, to be used for recovery in the event of data corruption, hard disk drive failure, or malware infection.

5. Recovery disc - Wikipedia

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   A typical recovery disk for an Acer PC.. The terms Recovery disc (or Disk), Rescue Disk/Disc and Emergency Disk [1] all refer to a capability to boot from an external device, possibly a thumb drive, that includes a self-running operating system: the ability to be a boot disk/Disc that runs independent of an internal hard drive that may be failing, or for some other reason is not the operating ...

6. Disk partitioning - Wikipedia

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   The GUID Partition Table (Globally Unique IDentifier) is a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. Many operating systems now support this standard. However, Windows does not support this on BIOS based computers. [10]

7. Windows Preinstallation Environment - Wikipedia

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   Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a set of tools based on Windows PE to help diagnose and recover from serious errors which may be preventing Windows from booting successfully. Windows RE is installed alongside Windows Vista and later, and may be booted from hard disks, optical media (such as an operating system installation disc) and PXE ...

8. System partition and boot partition - Wikipedia

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   Since Windows NT 3.1 (the first version of Windows NT), [4] Microsoft has defined the terms as follows: The system partition (or system volume) [5] is a primary partition that contains the boot loader, a piece of software responsible for booting the operating system. [6]: 1087 This partition holds the boot sector and is marked active. [7]: 970

9. GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia

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   Furthermore, GPT-aware OSes may check the protective MBR and if the enclosed partition type is not of type EEh or if there are multiple partitions defined on the target device, the OS may refuse to manipulate the partition table. [10] If the actual size of the disk exceeds the maximum partition size representable using the legacy 32-bit LBA ...