Partitions (Xbox)
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In computing terms, a Partition is a division of space on a hard drive. Often partitions are incorrectly referred to as the drives themselves (due to the common practise of using one partition per hard drive). The Xbox uses a single hard drive, but with at least five partitions.
Each partition is typically formatted using FATX and a cluster size of 16kb. This can often cause problems in that it only allows for extended partitions of up to 256gb in size; XBPartitioner must be used to safely create partitions larger then this.
In order to create partitions larger then 129gb, your BIOS must support LBA48. XBPartitioner can also inform you as to whether this is the case or if you need to upgrade.
Standard Partitions
These partitions are required for the usual operation of the Xbox console.
- Partition 0: (Hidden)
- ~512kb in size.
- Holds configuration data. Not really sure what goes in there, how to access it, or if it actually exists at all.
- Partition 1: E
- ~4.76gb in size.
- Used for storing save games, ripped music CDs, and content downloaded from Xbox Live. Also holds some caching related data.
- Partition 2: C
- 500mb in size.
- Used for storing system files, such as the Microsoft Dashboard and/or perhaps a softmod and custom dashboard.
- Partition 3: X
- 750mb in size.
- Used exclusively for caching. Data placed on this partition is prone to deletion at any time. For this reason, some dashboards hide it.
- Partition 4: Y
- 750mb in size.
- Used exclusively for caching. Data placed on this partition is prone to deletion at any time. For this reason, some dashboards hide it.
- Partition 5: Z
- 750mb in size.
- Used exclusively for caching. Data placed on this partition is prone to deletion at any time. For this reason, some dashboards hide it.
Extended Partitions
These partitions are optional, and are not defined on an unmodified hard drive from a stock system. However, stock systems with a Seagate drive have enough extra space to allow for a F: of roughly ~2gb in size.
- Partition 6: F
- Size is user defined.
- Can only be accessed via a modded system and must be manually formatted. The console itself does not use this partition, and so users typically store games/videos/music/etc on it.
- Partition 7: G
- Size is user defined.
- Can only be accessed via a modded system and must be manually formatted. The console itself does not use this partition, and so users typically store games/videos/music/etc on it.
