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partition table

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partition table

In DOS and Windows, it is a part of the master boot record (MBR) that describes how the disk is partitioned. The MBR reads the partition table to determine which partition is active (contains the operating system) and where its boot sector is located. See boot sector.



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Some disk image backup tools, which are a bit more sophisticated, first back up the partition table information, then each partition independently as if it were a disk image.
2 now supports GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks, which were introduced with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to enable very large storage disks with large numbers of partitions.
The imaging software then displays the partition table of the source PC, allowing the user to select the desired partition(s) to be included in the image.
 
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