answersLogoWhite

0

The terms partition and volume are often interchangable and for most purposes the end user doesn't need to understand the difference. There is one however, and this is that partitions are physical separations on the hard drive, often but not always created by the user during installation of an operating system. Volumes on the other hand are logicalseparations of the hard drive. The difference for all intents and purposes is usually the same, but that logical systems of any sort only work within the context of the OS that is being used, where as physical systems will be permanent and recognized by any software.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Explain the difference between the windows boot partition and the windows system partition?

The system partition is the active partition of the hard drive and it contains the OS boot record. The boot partition is the partition where the Windows operating system is stored.


What is the difference between drive c and d on the computer hardrive?

c: is that partition of ur harddisk from where ur system boots and d drive is any other partition.


What is the difference between Drive and Directory?

drive is the partition on your hard disk - c:, d: etc are examples. softwares & files are stored in directories which are stored inside the drives of a hard disk. the hard disk is physical, partitions / drives as they are commonly called are virtual bifurcations on your physical drive, where softwares of files are stored in directories for ease of access to particular information.


Can you install Winodws without removing Ubuntu?

yes, if ubuntu is on a different physical drive or on a different partition if you are stuck with one physical drive. No if it on the same partition as windows The soloution, create a new fresh partition just for windows and make it about , a minimum 40GB


What is the difference between Hard partition and Soft partition in Mac OS X?

A hard partition restructures the disc and each partition is recognised as a separate disc. A soft partition allows the operating system to recognise the partitions as separate discs but without changing the structure of the drive. Remember to always backup the contents of a disc before partitioning - even with a soft 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


How do you remove a partition on a hard drive running Windows 98 without reformatting the hard disk?

On a Windows 98 system, there is very likely to only be one partition on the disk. The difference between formatting the disk and deleting the partition would thus be a matter of semantics. Either way, all the data on the hard drive would be gone.


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.


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 is the difference between drive and machine?

what is the difference between drive and machine


Where is the partition table found on the hard drive found?

Most of the time the boot partition and the system partition are the same partition on the drive C.