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IBM introduced the first version of fdisk (officially dubbed "Fixed Disk Setup Program") in March 1983, with the release of the IBM PC/XT computer (the first PC to store data on a hard disk) and the IBM PC DOS 2.0 operating system. fdisk version 1.0 can create one FAT12 partition, delete it, change the active partition, or display partition data. fdisk writes the master boot record, which ...
Proprietary software Yes Windows NT family: fdisk (FreeDOS) Brian Reifsnyder Free software Yes FreeDOS: fdisk (Microsoft) Microsoft Proprietary software No MS-DOS, Windows: fdisk (OS/2) IBM: Proprietary software Yes OS/2: fdisk (Unix-like) util-linux project Free software Yes Unix-like: FIPS: Arno Schäfer Free software No MS-DOS: GNOME Disks ...
WinFS—Windows Future Storage; WinRT—Windows RunTime; WINS—Windows Internet Name Service; WLAN—Wireless Local Area Network; WMA—Windows Media Audio; WMI—Windows Management Instrumentation; WMV—Windows Media Video; WNS—Windows Push Notification Service; WOL—Wake-on-LAN; WOR—Wake-on-Ring; WORA—Write once, run anywhere
It has long been possible, theoretically, to partition removable drives – such as flash drives or memory cards – from within Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP; e.g., during system installation. In reality, however, it was not possible to create, for instance, a recovery console, for such a device.
exFAT is a file system introduced with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 in November 2006 and brought to the Windows NT family with Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (or separate installation of Windows XP Update KB955704). It is loosely based on the File Allocation Table architecture, but incompatible, proprietary and protected by patents.
Software engineering is a field within computer science and a branch of engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining of software applications. It involves applying engineering principles and computer programming expertise to develop software systems that meet user needs.
UEFI support in Windows began in 2008 with Windows Vista SP1. [22] The Windows boot manager is located at the \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ subfolder of the EFI system partition. [23] On Windows XP 64-Bit Edition and later, access to the EFI system partition is obtained by running the mountvol command. Mounts the EFI system partition on the specified drive.
The WinHEC from 1992 to 2008, which stood for Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, was an annual software and hardware developer-oriented trade show and business conference, where Microsoft elaborated on its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs.