Partition Record Technical Details

Different operating systems have different Partition Type bytes. The most common DOS partition type is 6h, which is used for Primary DOS partitions greater than 32 Mbytes.

Here is a list of known (and suspected) partition type bytes:

  • 00 Not Occupied
  • 01 DOS, Primary Partition (12-bit FAT, <16MB)
  • 02 XENIX root
  • 03 XENIX usr
  • 04 DOS, Primary Partition (16-bit FAT, >=16MB and <32MB)
  • 05 DOS, Extended Partition
  • 06 DOS, Primary Partition (16-bit FAT, >32MB)
  • 07 OS/2 HPFS, Win NTFS, QNX ver 2, or Adv UNIX
  • 08 AIX – boot
  • 09 AIX – data, Coherent
  • 0A OS/2 BtMgr
  • 0B PRI DOS 512 Mbytes – 2 Tbytes FAT32 Win95, OSR2 & 98
  • 0C EXT DOS 512 Mbytes – 2 Tbytes FAT32 Win95, OSR2 & 98
  • 0E PRI DOS 32 Mbytes-2 Gbytes FAT16 Windows 95 & 98
  • 0F EXT DOS 0-2 Gbytes Windows 95 & 98
  • 10 OPUS
  • 12 Compaq diagnostics partition
  • 40 VENIX 80286
  • 50 DiscWizard Starter Edition read only DOS partition
  • 51 DiscWizard Starter Edition read/write DOS partition
  • 52 CPM, Microport System V/386
  • 54 DiscWizard Starter Edition non-DOS partition
  • 55 Micro House EZ-Drive ® non-DOS partition
  • 56 Golden Bow Vfeature partition
  • 61 Storage Dimensions SpeedStor partition
  • 63 UNIX – AT&T System V/386
  • 64 Novell NetWare 286
  • 65 Novell NetWare 386
  • 75 PC/IX IBM
  • 77 QNX POSIX partition
  • 78 QNX POSIX partition (secondary)
  • 79 QNX POSIX partition (secondary)
  • 80 Minix (v1.4a and earlier)
  • 81 Minix (v1.4b and later), Linux
  • 82 Linux swap partition
  • 83 Linux native file system
  • 93 Amoeba file system
  • 94 Amoeba bad block table?
  • DB Digital Research CPM-86, Concurrent DOS
  • E1 SpeedStor 12-bit FAT extended partition
  • E3 DOS read-only
  • E4 SpeedStor 16-bit FAT extended partition
  • F2 2nd DOS partition, some OEM customized DOS
  • F4 SpeedStor, large partitions
  • FE Lan Step, SpeedStor (partitions over 1024 cyl?)
  • FF UNIX bad block table partition

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Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage

popular-science-bown-2011-selectionNovember 20, 2011 – Seagate announced the inclusion of GoFlex Satellite™ mobile wireless storage. With enough space for 300 HD movies and Wi-Fi access over 802.11 b/g/n and the powerful rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, this first for the hard drive industry provides the ability to stream a library of video, music, pictures and documents to up to three Wi-Fi enabled devices. Tablets and smart phones are wirelessly connected directly to the GoFlex Satellite drive by use of the free GoFlex Media™ app —available now on iTunes and the Android Market—or a web browser.

“For 24 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us − those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our views of what is possible for the future. The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’ s top honor, and the 100 winners − chosen from among thousands of entrants − represent the highest level of achievement in their fields.” said Mark Jannot, editor-in-chief of Popular Science.

“Seagate is thrilled to have been recognized by Popular Science for the annual ‘Best of What’s New’, the GoFlex Satellite™ mobile wireless storage takes an innovative approach to expand the limited capacity of mobile devices, such as Android™ tablets and phones as well as Apple® iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®. Now, people can easily catch up on all their missed TV shows or movies wherever and whenever they choose. It’s the perfect iPad or Tablet companion.”  said Patrick Connolly, vice president and general manager of Seagate’s Retail Branded Solutions.

The GoFlex Satellite drive is available for your holiday shopping from Seagate.com , Amazon and BestBuy.com for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $199.99.

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