--- title: "Partition - disk partition — ZEBR.ai" description: "A partition, or disk partition, is a separate area on a hard drive where a file system can be located. A partition can be primary or logical, depending on its…" url: "https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base/partition" markdown_url: "https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base/partition.md" language: "en" alternates: cs: "https://zebr.ai/cs/knowledge-base/partition.md" sl: "https://zebr.ai/sl/knowledge-base/partition.md" sk: "https://zebr.ai/sk/knowledge-base/partition.md" hr: "https://zebr.ai/hr/knowledge-base/partition.md" sr-Latn: "https://zebr.ai/sr-latn/knowledge-base/partition.md" bs: "https://zebr.ai/bs/knowledge-base/partition.md" sq: "https://zebr.ai/sq/knowledge-base/partition.md" fr: "https://zebr.ai/fr/knowledge-base/partition.md" es: "https://zebr.ai/es/knowledge-base/partition.md" de: "https://zebr.ai/de/knowledge-base/partition.md" pt-BR: "https://zebr.ai/pt-br/knowledge-base/partition.md" pl: "https://zebr.ai/pl/knowledge-base/partition.md" it: "https://zebr.ai/it/knowledge-base/partition.md" nl: "https://zebr.ai/nl/knowledge-base/partition.md" hu: "https://zebr.ai/hu/knowledge-base/partition.md" ro: "https://zebr.ai/ro/knowledge-base/partition.md" tr: "https://zebr.ai/tr/knowledge-base/partition.md" id: "https://zebr.ai/id/knowledge-base/partition.md" --- [Home](https://zebr.ai/en/) [Knowledge base](https://zebr.ai/en/knowledge-base) Partition - disk partition # Partition - disk partition A partition, or disk partition, is a separate area on a hard drive where a file system can be located. A partition can be primary or logical, depending on its position in the disk partition structure. One of the physical hard drive partitions can be active. A partition has the following attributes: type, start, and size. In addition, some partition management and booting software allows partitions to be hidden. Information about partitions is stored in the partition table. --- - Source: - Site overview for AI agents: