Chapter 2. Disks and Partitions

1. Structure of a Hard Disk
1.1. Sectors
1.2. Partitions
1.3. Defining the Structure of Your Disk
2. Conventions for Naming Disks and Partitions

Abstract

This chapter contains information for those who simply wish to know more about the technical details underlying their system. It will give a complete description of the PC partitioning scheme. Therefore it will be most useful if you are planning to manually configure your hard drive partitions.