win8 What's with the odd partitioning?

[UncleSpellbinder]

What's with the strange partitioning in Windows 8? And I seem to have a duplicate.

[stumper66]

UEFI Requirements.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744301(v=WS.10).aspx

[UncleSpellbinder]

Thanks for the link. Much appreciated.

Anyone know why I have a duplicate entry for "D" (OEM Partition)?

[tim_s]

What application are you using to review your partitions?

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

What application are you using to review your partitions?

He's probably using the built in Disk Management snap-in from Windows 8. It doesn't look like anything else.

[UncleSpellbinder]

He's probably using the built in Disk Management snap-in from Windows 8. It doesn't look like anything else.

Yep.