Any Problem with my Hard Disk? Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)


  1. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Any Problem with my Hard Disk? Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)




    Can anyone have a look at my Disk Management screenshot and help me with my C Drive?

    The C Drive works as usual but it worries me by stating the status as
    "Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)".

    I google searched "Page File" and "Crash Dump" but couldn't find anything useful.
    What are they indeed?

    Thank you.
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    This is completely normal. Look at my C partition. Only difference is that mine is active because I do not have the system partition.
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  3. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    whs said:
    This is completely normal. Look at my C partition. Only difference is that mine is active because I do not have the system partition.
    Thank you.
    But can you, in simple words, explain a bit what "Crash Dump" or "Page File" is?
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  4. Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
       #4

    Those words are telling you that the computer has assigned those attributes to that partition
    For example if your computer suffers a hard crash (bsod) windows will put info (minidump) about the crash in that partition - hence "crash dump"
    Windows also uses memory from your hard drive to assist in its operation, this memory "Page File" will also be on this partition


    What is pagefile? - Definition from WhatIs.com


    On a slight side note your E partition should not be marked active, only the partition containing windows boot info should be active which in your case is your system reserved partition

    Partition - Mark as Inactive
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  5. Posts : 10
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks for the references.
    I'll try the fix for the active partition.
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