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- DOCUMENT:Q100525 25-AUG-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :INF: Definition of System and Boot Partition
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- The names commonly used for the partitions containing Windows NT
- startup and operating system files, however unintuitive they may seem,
- are for the system and boot partitions, respectively.
-
- System Partition
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-
- The system partition refers to the disk volume containing hardware
- specific files needed to boot Windows NT (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on).
- On Intel x86-based machines, it must be a primary partition that has
- been marked active. On x86 machines, this is always drive 0, the drive
- the system BIOS searches during system boot for the operating system.
-
- Boot Partition
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-
- The boot partition contains the Windows NT operating system files
- (usually \WINNT) and it support files (usually \WINNT\SYSTEM32). It
- can be the same partition as the system partition.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 winnt
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