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Partition Table

A reflection of how a disk is internally partitioned 2 types - Master Boot Record and GPT, GUID Partition Table

Partitions

• Data is stored on disk drives that are logically divided into partitions
• Partition can exist on a portion of a disk or a whole disk

MBR Master Boot Record

• partition information stored on disk and read by the OS at boottime
  • GUID Partition Table(GPT) in UEFI-based systems