System Partition and Boot Partition

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• System Partition / Volume: The disk volume that contains the hardware-specific files that are needed to start Windows (for example, Ntldr, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com).\r\n
• Boot Partition / Volume: The disk volume that contains the Windows operating system files (by default, in the WINDOWS folder) and its support files (by default in the WINDOWS\\System32 folder).\r\n
• The system partition can, but is not required, to be the same partition as the boot partition.\r\n
• There will be one (and only one) System partition, but there will be one Boot partition for each operating system in a multi-boot system.\r\n\r\n
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100525 => Definition of System and Boot Partition\r\n
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470 => Definition of System Partition and Boot Partition\r\n\r\n
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289876 => HOW TO: Expand the Boot Partition During a Windows 2000 Upgrade\r\n
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325857 => How To Expand the Boot Partition During a Windows Server 2003 Upgrade\r\n\r\n
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237399 => The Default NTFS Permissions Are Not Applied to a Converted Boot Partition\r\n