| A | B |
|---|
| basic disk | partitions, 4- 1 extended |
| Diskpart.exe | command line tool to manage partitions |
| dynamic disk | volumes, unlimited number |
| exFat | 64 bit file system |
| FAT(file allocation table) | 16 bit file system |
| FAT32 | 32 bit file system |
| globally unique identifier (GUID) | used by windows to identify OS component |
| GUID partition table (GPT) | must have support for EFI boot partition |
| master boot record(MBR) | uses a partition table to point to partition locations on the disk |
| mirrored volume | two volumes with identical copy of data |
| native boot | create and boot Windows 7 VHD without installing another program |
| NTFS | supports larger hard drives, preferred for Windows 7 |
| simple volume | space from a single disk |
| spanned volume | space from 2-32 physical disks dynamically combined to one volume |
| striped volume | space from 2-32 disks, writes one stripe at a time, cannot expand |
| Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) | Allows installing a second OS within a windows session |
| partition | divsion of hard drive into sections basic disk |
| volume | division of hard drive dynamic disk |
