Microsoft KB Archive/154855

= System Reserved Partitions on PowerPCs =

Article ID: 154855

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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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:

-- System Reserved 10 MB

The size may vary, but typically, it will be a small partition. It will not be assigned a drive letter.



MORE INFORMATION
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.

Additional query words: prodnt PowerStack Motorola PPC

Keywords: kb3rdparty KB154855

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