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Which of these partition must be the active partitions must be the active partition of the hard drive?
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∙ 11y ago
By default C: is the active partition of the hard disk drive
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoPartition that contains BOOTLOADER files should beset as Active Partition.
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What kind of computer program is Partition Magic?
Partition Magic is a partition managing software utility created by PowerQuest Corporation. It was changing moving, or copying hard drive partitions without data loss. It also allowed one to change their FAT file systems.
Where is the partition table on a hard drive found?
Most of the time the boot partition and the system partition are the same partition on the drive C.
Which recovery console command can be used to examine the partitions on a hard drive for errors?
diskpart
A technician is attempting to create multiple partitions on a hard disk This will allow for storing the operating system and data files on separate partitions What is the maximum number of primary p?
A technician is attempting to create multiple partitions on a hard disk. This will allow for storing the operating system and data files on separate partitions. What is the maximum number of primary partitions per hard drive that is supported by Windows XP?
How can one help in the recovery of crash data?
One can advise to buy a new hard drive and to create new partitions for the recovery of the data. Then one could advise to recover lost data using data recovery software from the crashed hard drive to the new. A good choice to recover data are the software tools "Recuva Free", "Undelete 360" and "MiniTool Partition Recovery".
List three types of information contained in a hard drive's partition table?
A map to the partitions on the hard drive. This table tells BIOS how many partitions the drive has and how each partitions is divided into one or more logical drives, which partition contains the drive to be used for booting (called the active partition), and where each logical drive begins and ends.1-map to the partitions on on the hard drive2-information about where each logical drive is located, where it starts and where it ends3-which partition contains the drive to be used for booting (the active partition)The first is a map to the partitions on the harddrive,and how they are divided, the second, which partition contains the drive to be used for booting this is called the "Active Partition", and third where each logical begin and ends.
In a windows 2000 xp is installed using a system partition and a boot partition Which of the partitions must be the active partition of the hard drive?
boot partition
What partition is the active partition of the hard drive?
The system partition(a partition where the operating system is installed) is the active partition of the Hard Drive
What contains a map to the partitions on the hard drive?
A partition table
How many extended partitions can be created in a hard drive?
Ther can only be one Extended Partition per hard drive
The partition is the active partition of the hard drive?
system partition
What partition of the hard drive is the active partition?
System partition
What contains a map to the partitions on a hard drive?
The area on the hard drive that contains a map to all the partition on the drive is called the partition table. That is what partition utilities edit when you add, delete, convert, or resize a partition.
What is another name for the active partition of the hard drive?
The active partition is the partition which is marked as Active in Index table. the status and locations of partitions are stored in MBR(master boot record). The active status tells the system which partition to boot from. System boots from the partition which contains the Operating System(windows XP, 2003.....). So the partition which contains the Operating System is Active partition and it is the Primary partition. So we can call the active partition as Bootable Partition or Primary Partition.
How many partitions can there be on a hard drive?
As many as it can handle (how big it is). And adding partitions does not make more space. It's like putting a brick wall in the middle of a football field. :-P This is depend on your disk style, if your disk is MBR, you could only create four primary partitions or three primary partitions with one Extended partition (you could create many logical partition under extended partition) at most If your disk style is GPT, you could create as many as you can. here is an article about how to make partition from http://www.partition-magic-windows7.com/res/create-partition-windows7.html
If you have multiple partitions on a hard drive will deleting a partition delete the operating system in it?
Yes, it will.
What is the partition on the hard drive used to boot the OS?
active partition
