| Subject | German | English |
| comp., MS | aktive Partition | active partition (A partition from which a computer starts up. The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk. If you use Windows exclusively, the active partition can be the same as the system volume) |
| commun. | Auto-Partition | auto partition |
| comp. | Boot-Partition | bootable partition (of a disk) |
| comp. | Boot-Partition | boot partition (of a disk) |
| comp., MS | erforderliche Partition | critical volume (A volume that is essential for the computer to boot) |
| comp., MS | erweiterte Partition | extended partition (A type of partition that you can create only on basic master boot record (MBR) disks. Extended partitions are useful if you want to create more than four volumes on a basic MBR disk. Unlike primary partitions, you do not format an extended partition with a file system and then assign a drive letter to it. Instead, you create one or more logical drives within the extended partition. After you create a logical drive, you format it and assign it a drive letter. An MBR disk can have up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions, one extended partition, and multiple logical drives) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Reserved-Partition | Microsoft Reserved partition (A required partition on every GUID partition table (GPT) disk. System components can allocate portions of the MSR partition into new partitions for their own use. For example, when you convert a basic GPT disk to dynamic, the system allocates a portion of the MSR partition to be used as the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata partition. The MSR partition varies in size based on the size of the GPT disk. For disks smaller than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 32 MB. For disks larger than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 128 MB. The MSR partition is not visible in Disk Management, and you cannot store data on the MSR partition or delete it) |
| comp., MS | MSR-Partition | MSR partition (A required partition on every GUID partition table (GPT) disk. System components can allocate portions of the MSR partition into new partitions for their own use. For example, when you convert a basic GPT disk to dynamic, the system allocates a portion of the MSR partition to be used as the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata partition. The MSR partition varies in size based on the size of the GPT disk. For disks smaller than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 32 MB. For disks larger than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 128 MB. The MSR partition is not visible in Disk Management, and you cannot store data on the MSR partition or delete it) |
| comp., MS | primäre Partition | primary partition (A type of partition created on basic disks that can host an operating system and functions as though it were a physically separate disk) |
| comp., MS | versteckte Partition | hidden partition (A partition that is not visibly exposed to the user. To create a hidden partition, set the partition type to one not recognized by Windows) |
| comp., MS | vertikale Partition | vertical partitioning (The process of splitting a single table into multiple tables based on selected columns. Each of the multiple tables has the same number of rows but fewer columns) |
| comp., MS | vorausberechnete Partition | precomputed partition (A performance optimization that can be used with filtered merge publications) |
| comp., MS | übergeordnete Partition | parent partition (The partition that manages the virtual machines) |