The BIOS boot partition is a partition on a data storage device that GNU GRUB uses on legacy BIOS-based personal computers in order to boot an operating...

replacement for the PC BIOS), it is nevertheless also used for some BIOSs, because of the limitations of master boot record (MBR) partition tables, which use...

A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first block of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives...

switch to the BIOS-based CSM booting upon detecting certain types of partition table on the boot disk, effectively preventing UEFI booting from being performed...

(GPT) only has the primary partition, doesn't have the extended partition and the logical partition. BIOS boot partition (BIOS BP) is a share of the storage...

it can provide backwards compatibility with the BIOS using CSM booting. Contrary to its predecessor BIOS which is a de facto standard originally created...

g., the BIOS). Usually, the first sector of the hard disk is the boot sector, regardless of sector size (512 or 4096 bytes) and partitioning flavor (MBR...

to start the boot code from BIOS. Master boot record Disk partitioning BIOS Boot loader "The MBR (master boot record) and the Partition Tables". DIY DataRecovery...

A volume boot record (VBR) (also known as a volume boot sector, a partition boot record or a partition boot sector) is a type of boot sector introduced...

the concept of a file system is unknown to the BIOS. Thus, in BIOS-based systems, the duty of a boot loader is to access the content of those files,...

On system with BIOS firmware, the BIOS invokes MBR boot code from a hard disk drive at startup. The MBR boot code and the VBR boot code are OS-specific...

convenient to have a multi-booting boot loader on one of the drives, set BIOS once to always start booting from (i.e. load the boot loader from) that drive...

computing, BIOS (/ˈbaɪɒs, -oʊs/, BY-oss, -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware...

In computing, the BIOS parameter block, often shortened to BPB, is a data structure in the volume boot record (VBR) describing the physical layout of a...

extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning system...

BIOS) goes through a pre-configured list of non-volatile storage devices ("boot device sequence") until it finds one that is bootable. Once the BIOS has...

The partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify...

systems BIOS and stays resident in memory after boot. Das U-Boot is a bootloader for embedded systems. It is used on systems that do not have a BIOS/UEFI...

Windows 10). Boot Camp will only help the user partition their disk if they currently have only a primary HFS partition, an EFI System Partition, and a Mac...

inspect the BIOS Parameter Block that is contained in the BDP's Volume Boot Record. When a Microsoft operating system converts a GPT-partitioned basic disk...

default 64-byte partition table with four partition entries and the two-byte boot signature, which the BIOS requires for a proper boot loader — or even...

specification, interrupt 13h, which uses cylinder-head-sector addressing. At boot time, the BIOS of many very old PCs could only access the first 1024 cylinders,...

Intel-based Macs are able to boot from APM, GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record, using the BIOS-Emulation called EFI-CSM i.e. the Compatibility...

hidden sectors including the boot sector: this would result in unused sectors at the end of the volume. If a partition contains more sectors than the...

depending on the BIOS. In the case of a floppy the BIOS interprets its boot sector (first sector) as code, for NTLDR this could be a NTLDR boot sector looking...

personal or company data. in BIOS mode: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Master boot record (MBR) partition table Pre-boot authentication (PBA) Operating...

hard drives partitioned on a computer with a BIOS from a particular vendor often could not be read on a computer with a different make of BIOS. The solution...

be unable to boot from USB even when USB is enabled via such an add-in card. Some computers, particularly older ones, may not have a BIOS that supports...

Microsoft.) The file is located in the root directory of the bootable FAT-formatted drive/partition (typically C:\) and typically has the system, hidden, and...

non-partitioned and partitioned media. In particular, it recognizes the GUID Partition Table (GPT), Apple partition map, PC/Intel BIOS partition tables...