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In the GPT scheme, BDPs are the only partition types which [[Windows XP]] 64-bit can mount and normally assign drive letters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/ca099518-dde5-4eac-a1f1-38eff6e3e5091033.mspx|work=Microsoft TechNet|title=DiskPart documentation}}</ref>

According to Microsoft, the basic data partition is the equivalent to partition types <tt>[[partition type#PID_06h|0x06]]</tt> ([[FAT16B]]), <tt>[[partition type#PID_07h|0x07]]</tt> ([[NTFS]] or [[exFAT]]), and <tt>[[partition type#PID_0Bh|0x0B]]</tt> ([[FAT32]]) in the traditional [[Master Boot Record|MBR partition table]].<ref name=GPTFAQ /> In practice, it is equivalent to <tt>[[partition type#PID_01h|0x01]]</tt> ([[FAT12]]), <tt>[[partition type#PID_04h|0x04]]</tt> ([[FAT16]]), <tt>[[partition type#PID_0Ch|0x0C]]</tt> ([[FAT32XFAT32]] with [[logical block addressing]]), and <tt>[[partition type#PID_0Eh|0x0E]]</tt> ([[FAT16XFAT16]] with [[logical block addressing]]) types as well.

A Basic Data Partition can be formatted with any [[filesystem]] format, although most commonly BDPs are formatted with the NTFS, exFAT, or FAT32 filesystem formats. To programatically determine which filesystem format a BDP contains, Microsoft specifies that one should inspect the [[BIOS Parameter Block]] that is contained in the BDP's [[Volume Boot Record]].