System partition and boot partition: Difference between revisions

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A single partition may be both a system and a boot partition. In case they are separate, however, the boot partition does not contain the boot software and the system partition does not have the system root.<ref name=winternals5 />{{rp|971}}

Before [[Windows 7]], the system and boot partitions were, by default, the same and were given the identifier "C:". AfterSince Windows 7, however, [[Windows Setup]] creates, by default, a separate system partition that is not given an identifier and therefore is hidden. The boot partition is still given "C:" as its identifier. This configuration is suitable for running [[BitLocker]], which requires a separate, unencrypted system partition for [[booting]].

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