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2. 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 ...

3. Disk partitioning - Wikipedia

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   All Windows operating systems from Windows 95 onwards can be located on (almost) any partition, but the boot files (io.sys, bootmgr, ntldr, etc.) must reside on a primary partition. However, other factors, such as a PC's BIOS (see Boot sequence on standard PC ) may also impose specific requirements as to which partition must contain the primary OS.

4. List of disk partitioning software - Wikipedia

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   Windows PartitionMagic: Symantec: Proprietary software No Windows May 5, 2004 Hard Disk Manager(Partition Manager) Paragon: Proprietary software Yes Windows March 10, 2015 Partition Master: EaseUS Proprietary software Yes Windows October 14, 2021 QtParted (GUI for GNU Parted) Vanni Brutto Free software No Linux Ranish Partition Manager: Mikhail ...

5. Microsoft basic data partition - Wikipedia

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   According to Microsoft, the basic data partition is the equivalent to master boot record (MBR) partition types 0x06 , 0x07 (NTFS or exFAT), and 0x0B . [2] In practice, it is equivalent to 0x01 ( FAT12 ), 0x04 ( FAT16 ), 0x0C (FAT32 with logical block addressing ), and 0x0E (FAT16 with logical block addressing) types as well.

6. Microsoft Drive Optimizer - Wikipedia

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   Windows 7 reintroduces the analyze function and showing percent complete of the defragmentation, both of which were removed in Windows Vista. It can also defragment multiple volumes simultaneously. According to Scott Hanselman of Microsoft, Windows 7 [verification needed] and later do defragment a solid-state disk (SSD) but in a completely ...

7. Partition alignment - Wikipedia

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   Partition alignment is the proper alignment of partitions to the boundaries available in a data storage device. Examples include the following: 4 KB sector alignment with hard disk drives supporting Advanced Format (AF) Track partition alignment, partitions starting on track boundaries on hard disk drives

8. Disk editor - Wikipedia

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   Features and capabilities of partition editors vary, but generally they can create several partition on a disk, or one contiguous partition on several disks, at the discretion of the user. They can also, shrink a partition to allow more partitions created on a storage device, or delete one and expand an adjacent partition into the available space.

9. MiniTool Partition Wizard - Wikipedia

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   MiniTool Partition Wizard is a partition management program for hard disk drives developed by MiniTool Solution. [1] [2] [3] The 'free' version cannot save any of the data that the software may find. From version 12 all free features have been removed, except for resizing capabilities.