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64 relations: Apple Inc., ArcaOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Boot flag, BSD disklabel, Cfdisk, Command (computing), Commercial software, Console application, CP/M-86, Datalight, Digital Research, Disk partitioning, Diskpart, DOS, DR-DOS, DragonFly BSD, EComStation, File Allocation Table, FlexOS, Format (command), FreeBSD, FreeDOS, GNU General Public License, Graphical user interface, GUID Partition Table, Hard disk drive, High Performance File System, IBM, IBM PC DOS, IBM Personal Computer XT, JFS (file system), List of disk partitioning software, Logical Disk Manager, Logical Volume Manager (Linux), Mach (kernel), MacOS, Master boot record, McGraw Hill Education, Microsoft, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Ncurses, NetBSD, Novell, O'Reilly Media, OpenBSD, OS/2, Paragon Software Group, ... Expand index (14 more) »
- Disk partitioning software
- External DOS commands
- OS/2 commands
- Unix file system-related software
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.
ArcaOS
ArcaOS is an operating system based on OS/2, developed and marketed by Arca Noae, LLC under license from IBM.
See Fdisk and ArcaOS
Berkeley Software Distribution
The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.
See Fdisk and Berkeley Software Distribution
Boot flag
A boot flag is a 1-byte value in a non-extended partition record, within a master boot record.
BSD disklabel
In BSD-derived computer operating systems (including NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and DragonFly BSD) and in related operating systems such as SunOS, a disklabel is a record stored on a data storage device such as a hard disk that contains information about the location of the partitions on the disk.
Cfdisk
cfdisk is a Linux partition editor, similar to fdisk, but with a different, curses-based user interface. Fdisk and Cfdisk are Disk partitioning software.
See Fdisk and Cfdisk
Command (computing)
In computing, a command is a directive to a computer program to perform a specific task. Fdisk and command (computing) are Windows commands.
See Fdisk and Command (computing)
Commercial software
Commercial software, or seldom payware, is a computer software that is produced for sale or that serves commercial purposes.
See Fdisk and Commercial software
Console application
A console application or command-line program is a computer program (applications or utilities) designed to be used via a text-only user interface, such as a text terminal, the command-line interface of some operating systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most graphical user interface (GUI) operating systems, such as the Windows Console in Microsoft Windows, the Terminal in macOS, and xterm in Unix. Fdisk and console application are Windows administration.
See Fdisk and Console application
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a discontinued version of the CP/M operating system that Digital Research (DR) made for the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088.
Datalight
Datalight was a privately held software company specializing in power failsafe and high performance software for preserving data integrity in embedded systems.
Digital Research
Digital Research, Inc. (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM.
See Fdisk and Digital Research
Disk partitioning
Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately.
See Fdisk and Disk partitioning
Diskpart
In computing, diskpart is a command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows 2000 and later Microsoft operating systems, replacing its predecessor, fdisk. Fdisk and diskpart are Disk partitioning software, Windows administration and Windows commands.
DOS
DOS is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers.
See Fdisk and DOS
DR-DOS
DR-DOS (written as DR DOS, without a hyphen, in versions up to and including 6.0) is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles.
See Fdisk and DR-DOS
DragonFly BSD
DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8.
EComStation
eComStation or eCS is an operating system based on OS/2 Warp for the 32-bit x86 architecture.
File Allocation Table
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.
See Fdisk and File Allocation Table
FlexOS
FlexOS is a discontinued modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS) designed for computer-integrated manufacturing, laboratory, retail and financial markets.
See Fdisk and FlexOS
Format (command)
In computing, format is a command-line utility that carries out disk formatting. Fdisk and format (command) are External DOS commands, OS/2 commands and Windows commands.
See Fdisk and Format (command)
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
FreeDOS
FreeDOS (formerly Free-DOS and PD-DOS) is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers.
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
See Fdisk and GNU General Public License
Graphical user interface
A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.
See Fdisk and Graphical user interface
GUID Partition Table
The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of partition tables of a physical computer storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive, using universally unique identifiers (UUIDs), which are also known as globally unique identifiers (GUIDs).
See Fdisk and GUID Partition Table
Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
High Performance File System
HPFS (High Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system.
See Fdisk and High Performance File System
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
See Fdisk and IBM
IBM PC DOS
IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System),Formally known as "The IBM Personal Computer DOS" from versions 1.0 through 3.30, as reported in those versions' respective COMMAND.COM outputs also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the IBM Personal Computer, its successors, and IBM PC compatibles.
IBM Personal Computer XT
The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983.
See Fdisk and IBM Personal Computer XT
JFS (file system)
Journaled File System (JFS) is a 64-bit journaling file system created by IBM.
See Fdisk and JFS (file system)
List of disk partitioning software
This is a list of utilities for performing disk partitioning. Fdisk and list of disk partitioning software are Disk partitioning software.
See Fdisk and List of disk partitioning software
Logical Disk Manager
The Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is an implementation of a logical volume manager for Microsoft Windows NT, developed by Microsoft and Veritas Software.
See Fdisk and Logical Disk Manager
Logical Volume Manager (Linux)
In Linux, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a device mapper framework that provides logical volume management for the Linux kernel.
See Fdisk and Logical Volume Manager (Linux)
Mach (kernel)
Mach is a kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Richard Rashid and Avie Tevanian to support operating system research, primarily distributed and parallel computing.
MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.
See Fdisk and MacOS
Master boot record
A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first few blocks of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond.
See Fdisk and Master boot record
McGraw Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
See Fdisk and McGraw Hill Education
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press is the publishing arm of Microsoft, usually releasing books dealing with various current Microsoft technologies.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
See Fdisk and Microsoft Windows
MS-DOS
MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
See Fdisk and MS-DOS
Ncurses
ncurses (new curses) is a programming library providing an application programming interface (API) that allows writing text-based user interfaces (TUI) in a computer terminal-independent manner.
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
See Fdisk and NetBSD
Novell
Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014.
See Fdisk and Novell
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media, Inc. (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly provides technical and professional skills development courses via an online learning platform.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
OS/2
OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.
See Fdisk and OS/2
Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies.
See Fdisk and Paragon Software Group
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
See Fdisk and Proprietary software
PTS-DOS
PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft and Paragon Technology Systems.
SISNE plus
SISNE plus is a DOS 3.3 compatible clone created by Itautec and Scopus Tecnologia in Brazil prior to the end of the Market Reserve in 1991, which, at that time, forbade the importation of electronic equipment and software for general use.
Text mode
Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels.
Text-based user interface
In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user interface (UI) common as an early form of human–computer interaction, before the advent of bitmapped displays and modern conventional graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
See Fdisk and Text-based user interface
UNIX System V
Unix System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.
Util-linux
is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system.
Volume (computing)
In computer data storage, a volume or logical drive is a single accessible storage area with a single file system, typically (though not necessarily) resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
See Fdisk and Volume (computing)
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Windows Me
Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Xenix
Xenix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.
See Fdisk and Xenix
386BSD
386BSD (also known as "Jolix") is a discontinued operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) that was developed by couple Lynne and William Jolitz.
See Fdisk and 386BSD
See also
Disk partitioning software
- Cfdisk
- Disk Utility
- Disk utility
- Diskpart
- Fdisk
- List of disk partitioning software
- MiniTool Partition Wizard
- PartitionMagic
- Ranish Partition Manager
- System Commander
External DOS commands
- ATTRIB
- CHKDSK
- COMMAND.COM
- Choice (command)
- Comp (command)
- DELTREE
- DOSKEY
- Debug (command)
- Diskcomp
- Diskcopy
- Dpath
- EMM386
- Exe2bin
- FASTOPEN
- Fdisk
- File Compare
- Find (Windows)
- Format (command)
- Help (command)
- Label (command)
- MSCDEX
- Microsoft Diagnostics
- Microsoft ScanDisk
- More (command)
- Move (command)
- PRINT (command)
- Recover (command)
- Replace (command)
- SUBST
- SYS (command)
- Share (command)
- Tree (command)
- XCOPY
OS/2 commands
- ATTRIB
- CHKDSK
- CLS (command)
- Cd (command)
- Cmd.exe
- Comp (command)
- Copy (command)
- DOSKEY
- Debug (command)
- Del (command)
- Dir (command)
- Diskcomp
- Diskcopy
- Dpath
- Echo (command)
- Edlin
- Exit (command)
- Fdisk
- File Compare
- File Transfer Protocol
- Find (Windows)
- Finger (protocol)
- Format (command)
- Help (command)
- Ifconfig
- Label (command)
- Mkdir
- More (command)
- Move (command)
- Net (command)
- Netstat
- Nslookup
- PRINT (command)
- Ping (networking utility)
- Recover (command)
- Remote Shell
- Ren (command)
- Replace (command)
- Rmdir
- Route (command)
- SUBST
- Start (command)
- TIME (command)
- TYPE (DOS command)
- Tree (command)
- Ver (command)
- Vol (command)
- XCOPY
Unix file system-related software
- Badblocks
- Chattr
- Chmod
- Devfsd
- Dired
- Du (Unix)
- E2fsprogs
- Far Manager
- Fdisk
- Fdupes
- File System Visualizer
- Filesystem in Userspace
- Freedup
- Fsck
- Gpart
- Install (Unix)
- Iostat
- Locate (Unix)
- Lsof
- Md5sum
- Midnight Commander
- Mkfs
- Mkstemp
- Mount (Unix)
- NOVA (filesystem)
- NTFS-3G
- Ncdu
- Ntfsprogs
- Rmdir
- Shred (Unix)
- Srm (Unix)
- Stat (system call)
- Sync (Unix)
- Systat (BSD)
- Tree (command)
- Udev
- WebNFS
References
Also known as Blkid, FDISK (DOS command), FDISK.COM, FDisc, Gdisk, Xfdisk.

