Partition
Type Indentifiers .This
is a quick reference list (some data may be incorrect); to be sure, or
for more details, see Andries Brouwer's Partition
Type Indentifiers .
NOTE: All Partition Type values are listed in Hexadecimal below.
Remember: Partition types do NOT necessarily specify a specific file system; e.g., 07h is used by both OS/2's HPFS and Win NT's NTFS.
00 : -- Should NOT be used in an actual table entry! It does not
indicate an unknown type, but rather an empty entry; in which
case, all other fields in
that 16-byte entry should
be zero-filled as well.
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01 : -- 12-bit FAT
02 : -- XENIX root
03 : -- XENIX /usr (obsolete)
04 : -- 16-bit FAT, partition
<32 MB
05
: -- Extended
Partition, (also see 0F below).
06 : -- 16-bit FAT, partition
>=32 MB
07 : -- Installable
file systems: HPFS or NTFS. Also, QNX and Advanced Unix.
08 : -- AIX bootable partition,
AIX (Linux), SplitDrive, OS/2 (through Version 1.3),
Dell partition spanning multiple
drives (array), Commodore DOS.
09 : -- AIX data partition,
AIX bootable (Linux), Coherent file system, QNX.
0A : -- Coherent swap partition,
OPUS or OS/2 Boot Manager.
0B : -- 32-bit FAT
0C : -- 32-bit FAT,
Ext. INT 13
----
0E : -- 16-bit FAT >=
32 MB, Ext. INT 13
0F
: -- Extended
Partition, Ext. INT 13
10 : -- OPUS
11 : -- Hidden 12-bit FAT
12 : -- Compaq diagnostics
----
14 : -- Hidden 16-bit FAT,
partition <32 MB
Novell DOS 7.0 (result of bug
in FDISK?)
AST DOS with logical sectored
FAT
----
16 : -- Hidden 16-bit FAT,
partition >= 32 MB
17 : -- Hidden IFS
18 : -- AST Windows swap file
19 : -- Willowtech Photon coS
----
1B : -- Hidden 32-bit FAT
1C : -- Hidden 32-bit FAT,
Ext INT 13
1E : -- Hidden 16-bit FAT >32
MB, Ext INT 13 (PowerQuest specific)
----
20 : -- Willowsoft Overture
File System (OFS1)
21 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant)
Oxygen FSo2
22 : -- Oxygen Extended
23 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
24 : -- NEC MS-DOS 3.x
----
26 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
----
----
31 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
----
33 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
34 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
----
36 : -- reserved (HP Volume
Expansion, SpeedStor variant?)
----
38 : -- Theos
----
----
3C : -- PowerQuest Files Partition
Format
3D : -- Hidden NetWare
----
----
40 : -- VENIX 80286
41 : -- Personal RISC Boot,
PowerPC boot partition,
PTS-DOS 6.70 & BootWizard: Alternative
Linux, Minix and DR-DOS.
42 : -- Secure File
System,
Windows 2000/XP (NT 5): Dynamic
extended partition
PTS-DOS 6.70 & BootWizard: Alternative
Linux swap and DR-DOS.
43 : -- Alternative Linux native
file system (EXT2fs)
PTS-DOS 6.70 & BootWizard: DR-DOS
----
45 : -- Priam, EUMEL/Elan.
46 : -- EUMEL/Elan
47 : -- EUMEL/Elan
48 : -- EUMEL/Elan
----
4A : -- ALFS/THIN lightweight
filesystem for DOS
----
----
4D : -- QNX
4E : -- QNX
4F : -- QNX, Oberon boot/data
partition.
50 : -- Ontrack Disk Manager,
read-only partition, FAT partition (Logical sector size varies)
51 : -- Ontrack Disk Manager,
read/write partition, FAT partition (Logical sector size varies)
Novell ?
52 : -- CP/M, Microport System
V/386.
53 : -- Ontrack Disk Manager,
write-only
54 : -- Ontrack Disk Manager
6.0 (DDO)
55 : -- EZ-Drive 3.05
56 : -- Golden Bow VFeature
----
----
5C : -- Priam EDISK
----
----
61 : -- Storage Dimensions
SpeedStor
----
63 : -- GNU HURD, Mach, MtXinu
BSD 4.2 on Mach, Unix Sys V/386, 386/ix.
64 : -- Novell NetWare 286,
SpeedStore.
65 : -- Novell NetWare (3.11
and 4.1)
66 : -- Novell NetWare 386
67 : -- Novell NetWare
68 : -- Novell NetWare
69 : -- Novell NetWare 5+;
Novell Storage Services (NSS)
----
70 : -- DiskSecure Multi-Boot
----
75 : -- IBM PC/IX
----
----
80 : -- Minix v1.1 - 1.4a,
Old MINIX (Linux).
81 : -- Linux/Minix v1.4b+,
Mitac Advanced Disk Manager.
82 : -- Linux Swap
partition, Prime or Solaris (Unix).
83 : -- Linux native
file systems (EXT2/3, JFS, Reiser, xiafs, others)
84 : -- OS/2 hiding type 04h
partition
84 : -- APM hibernation, can
be used by Win98
----
86 : -- NT Stripe Set, Volume
Set?
87 : -- NT Stripe Set, Volume
Set?, HPFS FT mirrored partition.
----
----
93 : -- Amoeba file system,
Hidden Linux EXT2 partition (PowerQuest).
94 : -- Amoeba bad block table
----
----
99 : -- Mylex EISA SCSI
----
----
9F : -- BSDI
A0 : -- Phoenix NoteBios Power
Management "Save to Disk", IBM hibernation.
A1 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
----
A3 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
A4 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
A5 : -- FreeBSD/386
A6 : -- OpenBSD
A6 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
A7 : -- NextStep Partition
A9 : -- NetBSD
AA : -- Olivetti DOS with FAT12
----
----
B0 : -- Bootmanager BootStar
by Star-Tools GmbH
B1 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
B3 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
B4 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
B6 : -- HP Volume Expansion
(SpeedStor variant)
B7 : -- BSDI file system or
secondarily swap
B8 : -- BSDI swap partition
or secondarily file system
----
----
BB : -- PTS BootWizard
----
----
BE : -- Solaris boot partition
----
----
C0 : -- Novell DOS/OpenDOS/DR-OpenDOS/DR-DOS
secured partition,
CTOS (reported by a customer).
C1 : -- DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured
12-bit FAT partition
C2 : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
C3 : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
C4 : -- DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured
16-bit FAT partition
----
C6 : -- DR-DOS 6.0 LOGIN.EXE-secured
Huge partition, or:
Corrupted FAT16 volume/stripe
(V/S) set (Windows NT).
C7 : -- Syrinx, Cyrnix, HPFS
FT disabled mirrored partition, or:
Corrupted NTFS volume/stripe
set.
C8 : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
C9 : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
CA : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
CB : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
secured FAT32
CC : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
secured FAT32X (LBA)
CD : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
7+
CE : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
secured FAT16X (LBA)
CF : -- Reserved for DR-DOS
secured Extended partition (LBA)
D0 : -- Multiuser DOS secured
(FAT12???)
D1 : -- Old Multiuser DOS secured
FAT12
----
----
D4 : -- Old Multiuser DOS secured
FAT16 (<= 32M)
D5 : -- Old Multiuser DOS secured
extended partition
D6 : -- Old Multiuser DOS secured
FAT16 (BIGDOS > 32 Mb)
----
D8 : -- CP/M 86
----
----
DB : -- CP/M, Concurrent CP/M,
Concurrent DOS,
CTOS (Convergent Technologies
OS).
----
----
DE : -- Dell partition
DF : -- BootIt EMBRM
----
E1 : -- SpeedStor 12-bit FAT
Extended partition, DOS access (Linux).
E2 : -- DOS read-only (Florian
Painke's XFDISK 1.0.4)
E3 : -- SpeedStor (Norton,
Linux says DOS R/O)
E4 : -- SpeedStor 16-bit FAT
Extended partition
E5 : -- Tandy DOS with logical
sectored FAT
E6 : -- Storage Dimensions
SpeedStor
----
----
EB : -- BeOS file system
----
ED : -- Reserved for Matthias
Paul's Spryt*x
----
----
F1 : -- SpeedStor Dimensions
(Norton,Landis)
F2 : -- DOS 3.3+ second partition,
Unisys DOS with logical sectored FAT.
F3 : -- Storage Dimensions
SpeedStor
F4 : -- SpeedStor Storage Dimensions
(Norton,Landis)
F5 : -- Prologue
F6 : -- Storage Dimensions
SpeedStor
----
----
FD : -- Reserved for FreeDOS
(http://www.freedos.org)
FE : -- LANstep, IBM PS/2 IML
(Initial Microcode Load) partition.
FE : -- Storage Dimensions
SpeedStor (> 1024 cylinder???)
FF : -- Xenix bad-block table
Last Update: June 6, 2007. (2007.06.06)
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