Re: Windows install on 4 partitions?
rhkramer@gmail.com composed on 2019-12-29 07:55 (UTC-0500):
> Interesting, I'm wondering about the logic behind that -- was that an effort to
> segregate the user's "real" data (photos, videos, email, ...) on a separate
> partition?
> Which manufacturer?
Probably:
HP
Dell
Toshiba
Lenovo
and others
> What is on /dev/sda3 and /dev/sda4?
ESP MSR WinOS Recovery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Reserved_Partition>
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/images/dep-win10-partitions-uefi.png>
from
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions>
IMO it's inept not to have a 5th purely for user data.
> (Are /dev/sda1 and
> /dev/sda2 as described in the original email (Windows and Windows recovery
> partitions)?
> I don't remember the correct terminology, but is the partioning done under whe
> old scheme (where there can be up to 4 primary partitions or 3 primary
> partions and then (hmm, iirc, up to 12?) extended partitions "under" /dev/sda,
> or under the new scheme (which I don't remember enough about to describe -- I
> vaguely think a lot more partitions and all of them primary?)?
This is UEFI/GPT. Win7/8/10 requires UEFI on every system whose "BIOS" is actually
UEFI, which is essentially all PCs made since the advent of Win 8 or 10. With GPT
there is no concept of primary/extended/logical.
--
Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science.
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Reply to: