A section of an extended partition.

Used to boot the computer and contains the boot and system files. There can be only on of these per disk.

There can be only one per hard drive, but it can be subdivided into smaller sections.

Has the ability to create volumes that span across more than one disk. The size of the volumes can be changed after they have been created.

Contains primary and extended partitions, as well as logical drives, It is limited to four partitions.

A diagnostic mode used to troubleshoot Windows and Windows startup issues.

Loads the configuration settings that were used the last time that Windows started successfully.

Locates and reads the configuration settings that are stored in the CMOS memory.

Use this menu to select the device to boot.

A set of tools that allow users to troubleshoot, recover, or restore an operating system when it cannot boot.

A special environment used to boot the computer, connect to the network, and communicate with the server to begin OS installation.

Restores the computer's system software back to its factory state without deleting user files or removing modern apps

A software package used to communicate with a client and provide the necessary instructions for the client to download OS setup files and begin installation.