XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 00:24:32 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> If an MBR has four partitions on it (as in MSDOS partitioning),   
   >> then the Windows mounter will mount all four partitions (as long as they   
   >> are Windows types, or, an IFS is installed in the OS to extend the   
   >> capability). It's not clear, if a partition becomes un-selectable,   
   >> whether a "letter" can be assigned to a partition.   
   >> In some cases, even a RAW partition can have a letter assigned, but if   
   >> you do that and then access the letter in Windows, it will immediately   
   >> request that you format the partition.   
   >   
   >There seems to be no clear distinction in Windows between the block   
   >device/partition and the filesystem volume.   
      
   Actually, underneath the hood, Windows does have the same sort of setup as   
   Linux does.  It is all just carefully hidden away from the user, under the   
   guise of everything being a drive letter.   
      
   But (in current - i.e., 21st century) versions of Windows, drive letters   
   are pretty much a fabrication.   
      
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