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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 ...
.EXE: Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown Unknown No Only MZ (DOS) [11] Yes LE, (W3, W4) OS/2 (2.0 and higher only), some DOS extenders.EXE: Yes by file (286 and higher only) Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes LX: OS/2 (2.0 and higher only), some 32-bit DOS extenders.EXE: Yes by file Yes Yes No Yes Yes [12] No No Yes PIM/XIP: PalmDOS ...
Drops support for all versions of Windows XP and Vista [24] Currently only available in Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion", and OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" Added Support to Install ISO files from USB; 5.0.5033: March 14, 2013 Support for Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (64-bit only) Boot Camp support for Macs with a 3 TB hard drive
Support for Macintosh clones was first exhibited in System 7.5.1, which was the first version to include the "Mac OS" logo (a variation on the original Happy Mac startup icon), and Mac OS 7.6 was the first to be named "Mac OS" instead of "System". These changes were made to disassociate the operating system from Apple's own Macintosh models.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Product Documentation: "format" Open source FORMAT implementation that comes with MS-DOS v2.0; MSKB255867: How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk; Microsoft DOS format command; Recovery Console format command Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
Note: The column MBR (Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. The column VBR (Volume Boot Record) refers to the ability of the boot loader to be stored in the first sector of any partition on a mass storage device.
HPFS (High Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system. It was written by Gordon Letwin and others at Microsoft and added to OS/2 version 1.2, at that time still a joint undertaking of Microsoft and IBM, and released in 1988.
The Macintosh SE is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, from March 1987 [1] to October 1990. It marked a significant improvement on the Macintosh Plus design and was introduced by Apple at the same time as the Macintosh II.