Editing Disk partitioning (section)

=== Boot partitions ===
{{See also|System partition and boot partition}}

==== BIOS boot partition ====
BIOS boot partition (BIOS BP) is a share of the storage device used to keep software that boots the operating system, a [[bootloader]]. It may be an operating system kernel image or bootloader or a completely separate piece of software.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=What are system partition and boot partition?|url=https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/faq/en-US/What-are-system-partitions-and-boot-partitions.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.easyuefi.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716142214/https://www.easyuefi.com/wintousb/faq/en-US/What-are-system-partitions-and-boot-partitions.html |archive-date=2018-07-16 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Cross|first=Michael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/272383168|title=Scene of the cybercrime.|date=2008|publisher=Syngress Pub|others=Debra Littlejohn Shinder|isbn=978-0-08-048699-4|edition=2nd|location=Burlington, MA|oclc=272383168}}</ref>{{Rp|page=136}}

==== EFI system partition ====
[[EFI system partition]] is the same as BIOS BP, but is loaded by EFI firmware instead of BIOS.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=136}}