partition table
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partition table
The data in the boot sector of a hard disk or SSD that describes how it is divided into drives. The partition table is loaded and read to determine which partition contains the active operating system. See partition, MBR and GPT.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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Its major products are Data Recovery Wizard,
Partition Table Doctor, EASEUS Partition Master and Todo Backup.
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.
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