System Restore not working [JSF]

May 29, 2008

Re: System Restore not working [JSF]

On Thu, 29 May 2008 23:10:16 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

> Ken

>

> Your correct and as you say they are misnomers. I will have to avoid

> these terms as they mislead us mere mortals.

I'm with you entirely. Rather than use the "correct" term, I prefer to

just not use either term.

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> > On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:06:57 +0100, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

> >

> >> A windows partition is also called the system partition.

> >> It contains the operating system.

> >

> > Gerry, read here:

> >

> > Microsoft's nomenclature is very strange. Although one expect the

> > System Partition to be the one Windows is installed on, Microsoft

> > calls that the "Boot Partition." The System Partition "refers to the

> > disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows

> > (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be

> > a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this

> > is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system

> > boot for the operating system."

> >

> > It sounds backwards to me, but that's the way it is.

>

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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