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The applications partition tag covers discussions about creating and managing separate partitions on Windows systems for storing installed programs, distinct from the OS and data partitions. Topics include assigning drive letters to application partitions, partitioning strategies for SSDs, and troubleshooting issues where Windows assigns unexpected drive letters to logical drives. Users share experiences with tools like Qparted and discuss recovery partitions and boot device configurations. The tag is relevant for those looking to organize their Windows installation by separating applications from system and user data, often to improve performance or simplify backups.
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    Windows 7 Can't assign drive letter D

    On my new Toshiba Portege R830, the first partition on the SSD is a small 1.46G system drive that is marked as the boot device and as a Recovery Partition. The next partition covering most of the disk is the C drive. I didn't even know this could be done. Is this a new way of doing things? On...
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    • applications partition boot drive confusion data partition disk management drive letter drive names logical drive maintenance partition qparted recovery partition shortcuts ssd system drive tech support technology toshiba windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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