The system partition and the boot partition (also known as the system volume and the boot volume) are computing terms for disk partitions of a hard disk...

contained in other partitions), device driver files for hardware devices present in a computer and used by the firmware at boot time, system utility programs...

device. Each partition can be formatted with a file system or as a swap partition. Multiple partitions allow directories such as /boot, /tmp, /usr, /var...

operating system, when the actual boot device contains a GUID Partition Table (GPT). Such a layout is sometimes referred to as BIOS/GPT boot. A BIOS boot partition...

A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first block of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives...

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...

support booting from GPT partitions only on systems with EFI firmware, but FreeBSD and most Linux distributions can boot from GPT partitions on systems with...

they no longer offer PartitionMagic. The program runs on pre-Vista Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but the application...

partitioning system. In that system, when one (and only one) partition record entry in the master boot record (MBR) is designated an extended partition, then...

The Apple Partition Map maps out all space used (including the map) and unused (free space) on disk, unlike the minimal x86 master boot record that...

Windows 10). Boot Camp will only help the user partition their disk if they currently have only a primary HFS partition, an EFI System Partition, and a Mac OS...

kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads. The word bulki meant "cargo" in Old Norse. During the 15th century sailors and builders...

of boot disk's partition table, effectively preventing UEFI booting to be performed from EFI System Partition on MBR-partitioned disks. Such a boot scheme...

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...

A volume boot record (VBR) (also known as a volume boot sector, a partition boot record or a partition boot sector) is a type of boot sector introduced...

Microsoft, the basic data partition is the equivalent to master boot record (MBR) partition types 0x06 (FAT16B), 0x07 (NTFS or exFAT), and 0x0B (FAT32). In practice...

from that partition, known as Volume Boot Record (VBR), and executes it. The MBR boot code is often operating-system specific. A bootable MBR device...

the Windows Boot Manager (a file named BOOTMGR on either the system or the boot partition), accesses the Boot Configuration Data store and uses the information...

Multi-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a single computer, and being able to choose which one to boot. The term dual-booting refers...

and Emergency Disk all refer to a capability to boot from an external device, possibly a thumb drive, that includes a self-running operating system:...

floppy disks, FAT16 and FAT32 are typically found on the larger media. FAT is used internally for the EFI system partition in the boot stage of EFI-compliant...

file in USB disk or in the EFI system partition) directly. Additionally, the UEFI specification also contains "secure boot", which basically wants the UEFI...

structures, such as the master boot record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT), file system, and directories. On some operating systems (like Unix or Unix-like)...

can recover deleted partitions, rebuild partition tables or rewrite the master boot record (MBR). TestDisk retrieves the LBA size and CHS geometry of attached...

of the first hard drive). NTLDR is launched by the volume boot record of system partition, which is typically written to the disk by the Windows FORMAT...

spelled as boot loader or called bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer and booting an operating system. If it...

mode: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Master boot record (MBR) partition table Pre-boot authentication (PBA) Operating system (OS) boots in UEFI mode:...

a boot.img in MBR sector 0. This file is like stage1 and stage1.5. /boot/grub/ can be installed on the EFI System Partition or the separate /boot partition...

situation, solutions involve repairing the logical file system, partition table, or master boot record, or updating the firmware or drive recovery techniques...

the bootable device on the system which stores the OS. A bootable device can be storage devices like floppy disk, CD-ROM, USB flash drive, a partition on...