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Across

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Down

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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