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System partition and boot partition

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"System partition" redirects here. Not to be confused with EFI system partition.
"Boot partition" redirects here. Not to be confused with BIOS boot partition.

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 drive or solid-state drive that must exist and be properly configured for a computer to operate. There are two different definitions for these terms: the common definition and the Microsoft definition.

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Common definition

In context of every operating system, except those developed by Microsoft, the system partition and the boot partition are defined as follows:

In Linux, a single partition can be both a boot and a system partition if both /boot/ and the root directory are in the same partition.

Microsoft definition

Since Windows NT 3.1 (the first version of Windows NT),[4] Microsoft has defined the terms as follows:

  • The system partition (or system volume)[5] is a primary partition that contains the boot loader, a piece of software responsible for booting the operating system.[6]: 1087  This partition holds the boot sector and is marked active.[7]: 970  The EFI system partition is an example of system partition.
  • The boot partition (or boot volume)[5] is the disk partition that contains the operating system folder, known as the system root or %systemroot% in Windows NT.[6]: 174 

Before Windows 7, the system and boot partitions were, by default, the same and were given the "C:" drive letter.[7]: 971  Since Windows 7, however, Windows Setup creates, by default, a separate system partition that is not given an identifier and therefore is hidden. The boot partition is still given "C:" as its identifier. This configuration is suitable for running BitLocker, which requires a separate unencrypted system partition for booting. As of Windows 11, this nomenclature is still used by the "Disk Management" utility.

See also

References

  1. ^ Petersen, Richard (2009). "Chapter 21: Basic System Administration". Ubuntu The Complete Reference. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-07-164368-9.
  2. ^ Andrews, Jean; Chellis, James (13 August 2012). A+ Guide to Software (6th ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 21. ISBN 9781285414980.
  3. ^ Donald, Lisa (2008). MCSA / MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Environment Management and Maintenance Study Guide: Exam 70-290 (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780470327616.
  4. ^ "Definition of System and Boot Partition". Support. Microsoft. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Definitions for system volume and boot volume". Support. Microsoft. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13.
  6. ^ a b Tulloch, Mitch; Tulloch, Ingrid (2002). Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (2nd ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1378-8.
  7. ^ a b Russinovich, Mark E; Ionescu, Alex; Solomon, David A (2008). Windows Internals (5th ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-0-7356-2530-3.
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