diskpart question

[Boris Buchanan]

In the dispart document found at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415, "detail
partition" may yield the following output:
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
*Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 4110 MB Healthy System

What is the significance of "System" under "Info"? Is it necessary for a C:
drive that is supposed to be the system disk to have this marking? How to I
set this attribute if diskpart does not display it for my system disk?

BB

 

[Shenan Stanley]

In the dispart document found at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415,
"detail partition" may yield the following output:
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status
Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- -------
--------- -------- *Volume 2 C NTFS Partition
4110 MB Healthy System
What is the significance of "System" under "Info"? Is it necessary
for a C: drive that is supposed to be the system disk to have this
marking? How to I set this attribute if diskpart does not display
it for my system disk?

It's your "system" drive.

Whenever a computer system is started there are certain files needed to boot
(start) the computer. These boot files reside on the System partition.

Once the boot files have been accessed and performed their function, the
files that make up the actual operating system, are accessed to complete the
system startup. The system files reside on the Boot partition.

Your C:\ drive does not necessarily have to be a system drive - depending on
how things have been setup. And most certainly your system drive does not
have to contain the "meat" of your operating system of choice - as that may
be on another partition altogether.

What I do not understand is the concern you are having with it being labeled
what it is...?

 

[Boris Buchanan]

Shenan,
Can I infer from your answer that if the diskpart "Info" field indicates
"System" that diskpart has verified that all the needed boot files are
present?

The reason this is important is because I am testing a backup and restore
scheme. The backup and restore are done when the machine is running in a
WinPE environment (acutally BartPE) and everything on the C: drive (which is
not the system drive to the WinPE environment) is copied on a file-by-file
basis including short names. The restore is done by creating a partition in
the WinPE environment and then coping all files back. What ends up missing
is the "System" designation in the "Info" field so I am trying to determine
why diskpart doesn't think the restored disk merits a "System" designation.

BB