

When using Microsoft fdisk, a NON-DOS partition indicates a partition that is not native to the Microsoft operating system. Linux ( Linux native, Linux swap, Linux extended, ext2fs)Ī partition used with various variants of the Linux operating systems.Ī partition used with the MINIX operating system. DOS operating system.Ī partition that is extended from one or more of the primary partitions.Ī partition used with older hibernation programs.Īn HPFS partition used with IBM OS/2 and Microsoft NT 3.x Also see: System partitionĪ partition used with the BSD operating system.Ī partition used with older versions of MS-DOS.Ī partition that is extended from one or more of the original MS-DOS partitions.Ī partition used with the DR. PartitionĪ partition used with the AIX operating system.Īs defined by Microsoft, a boot partition is a partition containing the files required for a system startup.

Some of these partitions may not be available in your partition utility.
