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2. Microsoft Reserved Partition - Wikipedia

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   A Microsoft Retired 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. Partition type - Wikipedia

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   The partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the file system the partition contains or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions (e.g. special CHS mappings, LBA access, logical mapped geometries, special driver access, hidden partitions, secured or encrypted file ...

4. GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia

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   Shadow copy (of another partition) 62: Hidden 63: ... Windows 11: 2021-10-05 x64, ARM64 Yes Yes UEFI is a system requirement for Windows 11. Windows Server 2025:

5. System partition and boot partition - Wikipedia

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   Before Windows 7, the system and boot partitions were, by default, the same and were given the "C:" drive letter. [7]: 971 Since Windows 7, however, Windows Setup creates, by default, a separate system partition that is not given an identifier and therefore is hidden. The boot partition is still given "C:" as its identifier.

6. 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.

7. EFI system partition - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Device configuration overlay - Wikipedia

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   Device configuration overlay (DCO) is a hidden area on many of today's hard disk drives (HDDs). Usually when information is stored in either the DCO or host protected area (HPA), it is not accessible by the BIOS (or UEFI), OS, or the user. However, certain tools can be used to modify the HPA or DCO.

9. List of disk partitioning software - Wikipedia

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   Windows PartitionMagic: Symantec: Proprietary software No Windows 2004-05-05 Hard Disk Manager(Partition Manager) Paragon: Proprietary software Yes Windows 2015-03-10 Partition Master: EaseUS Proprietary software Yes Windows 2021-10-14 QtParted (GUI for GNU Parted) Vanni Brutto Free software No Linux 2012-04-07 Ranish Partition Manager: Mikhail ...