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what is an active partion?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Active Partition is a System Root File located section , you cannot deleted it ~

    And when computer starting to boot , it boot from this section , that why it is called active partition ~

    Thanks ~

    Source(s): I am a computer technician~
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Active Partition is the part of your Hard Drive (HDD) that is 'bootable' and currently in use, it will also has your operating System (OS) loaded on it.

    You can have more than one partition on a HDD but only one of these can be 'active' (bootable).

    Hope this helps

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