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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 ...
Details of GPT support on 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows [33] OS version Release date Platform Read and write support Boot support Note Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for Itanium systems, Version 2002 2001-10-25 IA-64: Yes Yes MBR takes precedence in hybrid configuration. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Version 2003 2003-03-28 IA-64: Yes Yes
A machine running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition cannot be directly upgraded to Windows Vista because the 64-bit Vista DVD mistakenly recognizes XP x64 as a 32-bit system. Windows XP x64 does qualify the customer to use an upgrade copy of Windows Vista or Windows 7, however it must be installed as a clean install.
Commodore 64 / 1541: Commodore DOS (CBM DOS) ... Windows XP: NTFS 3.1 but FAT32 was also common ... History of Microsoft Windows; FDISK; References This page ...
Microsoft introduced NTFS with the Windows NT platform in 1993, but FAT remained the standard for the home user until the introduction of Windows XP in 2001. Windows Me was the final version of Windows to use FAT as its default file system. For floppy disks, FAT has been standardized as ECMA-107 [5] and ISO/IEC 9293:1994 [6] (superseding ISO ...
Windows XP 64-bit Edition, an operating system for IA-64 processors Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Windows XP 64-bit .
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
The FDISK command manipulates hard disk partition tables. The name derives from IBM's habit of calling hard drives fixed disks. FDISK has the ability to display information about, create, and delete DOS partitions or logical DOS drive. It can also install a standard master boot record on the hard drive.