Standard IPL would simply load a boot sector without any messages
#Partition magic 8.0 instructions code#
Partition table, this sector contains an IPL (Initial Program Loader) -Ī piece of code that searches partition table for an 'Active' recordĪnd loads in memory boot sector of the corresponding operating system. Sector from hard disk, called MBR (Master Boot Record).
When you turn on your computer BIOS loads into memory the first That's why partition tableĪlso keeps an indicator of the currently 'Active' partition - the one Than one operating system on their computers and therefore, have toĭivide their disks into different partitions. Most disks have one partition, but some people want to have more For example, your C: drive resides in the partition What is partition? It is a piece of disk space marked to belong to some
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