System Reserved Partitions on PowerPCs (154855)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q154855 SUMMARY
When you configure partitions during the text mode portion of Setup on the
PowerPC (Motorola PowerStack) platform, you will see a small partition
marked:
The size may vary, but typically, it will be a small partition. It will not
be assigned a drive letter.
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On the PowerPC platform, a special partition is created that contains the
system firmware. Under no conditions should this partition be deleted. If
you delete this partition, the computer will be unbootable. This partition
is separate from the normal RISC architecture system partition that
contains files needed to start the operating system. On RISC machines, the
system partition should always be FAT. If the "System Reserved" partition
is accidentally deleted or damaged, contact the hardware vendor for
utilities and instructions on how to re-create it.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/14/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kb3rdparty KB154855 |
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