1					14
	2																	19
3
									17
			4
5/11
															18
							15
		6	12
								7/16
						8
		9			13
	10

Across

1. Copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive while preserving data and file structure.

2. Creating an exact copy of a hard drive, including the operating system and all data files, as an image file that can be used to restore the original system or to create multiple identical systems.

3. Software that is permanently stored on hardware, such as the BIOS or a hard drive controller.

4. The ability to boot into two different operating systems on the same machine.

5. A table located at the beginning of a hard drive that contains information about the location and size of each partition.

6. The partition that is currently being used for booting.

7. A partition that can be booted from, used to store operating system files.

8. A component of a hard drive that reads and writes data to the platters.

9. GRand Unified Bootloader, a popular bootloader used on Linux and Unix systems.

10. The smallest unit of storage on a hard drive, usually 512 bytes.

Down

11. A section of a hard drive that is treated as a separate storage device by the operating system.

12. A set of tracks on a hard drive that are at the same distance from the center of the platter.

13. The program that runs first when a computer boots up and manages the system's hardware and firmware.

14. A partition within an extended partition, used to store data files.

15. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a modern replacement for BIOS that provides better security and support for newer hardware.

16. A disk-shaped component of a hard drive that stores data.

17. A program that loads the operating system into computer memory at boot time.

18. Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, small amount of memory that stores system configuration settings.

19. A partition that can't be booted from, used to create more logical partitions.

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