Ok, my computer crashed two days ago, so I reinstalled windows. I evidently installed it on the wrong drive because now my Windows directory (system partition) and my boot files (boot patition ...

GPT is replacing MBR simply because it has fewer limitations. For example, the maximum partition size of an MBR disk that's ...

A System Reserved partition contains the Boot Manager and Boot Configuration files. This Boot Configuration Data is required by Windows every time you start your system.

The system reserved partition is a small partition on a hard drive or solid-state drive used by the Windows operating system to store boot files and other system files.

The System Rescue CD includes open source tools GParted and Partimage, which can create a new partition and save your fresh Windows installation as a restorable image for the price of zero dollars.

While doing some disk swapping yesterday, I kinda screwed things up. I had used Clonezilla to clone my 500GB SSD to a 1TB SSD and that went off without a hitch. Unplugged old system drive and the ...

In Chapter 5 of his new book File System Forensic Analysis, Brian Carrier discusses PC-based partitions, how they work and also takes a look at their data structure.

One drive, three partitions. Partitioning your hard drive essentially tells your computer to treat portions of that drive as separate entities. If you keep your system and apps on a partition ...

The Pixels have two system partitions, two boot partitions and 2 vendor partitions but only one data partition.

The active partition is a special flag assigned to only one partition on a hard drive that the Master Boot Record (MBR) uses to boot your computer into an operating system.