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What's with the odd partitioning?


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#1 UncleSpellbinder

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 04:21

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

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#2 stumper66

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 04:52

UEFI Requirements.
http://technet.micro...1(v=WS.10).aspx

#3 OP UncleSpellbinder

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 17:47

Thanks for the link. Much appreciated.

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

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 19:38

What application are you using to review your partitions?

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 19:41

View Posttim_s, on 14 January 2013 - 19:38, said:

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.

#6 OP UncleSpellbinder

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 20:45

View Postjamesyfx, on 14 January 2013 - 19:41, said:

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

Yep.

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