Question

"In Windows, what two terms describe the active partition on an MBR drive, and the location where the Windows operating system is stored, respectively?"

Answer 1

Answer:

Boot partition and system partition

Explanation:

System partition is the primary partition that is used as the active boot partition,it saves boot files and all files that will be used.  System partition is also known as the system directory or root directory and is usually given the identifier "c"

Boot partition is the disk partition that holds the files for the operating system files Windows operating system (either XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 or 10), it works with the system partition and tells the computer where to look when starting. It given the identifier of letter "D" or "E"

Answer 2

Answer: first, we add the options:

A. primary partition

B. boot partition

C. logical partition

D. system partition

The answer is B and D

Explanation: Boot partition is the disk partition that contains the boot loader, the file responsible for booting the operating system. The boot partition is basically responsible for telling the computer where to look when booting.

A system partition is the partition that contains the operating system folder which is known as the system root. This is responsible for the running of the computer.