Volumes and Partitions [Files]

The highest level of organization in the NTFS file system is the volume. A volume is an area on a storage device that is managed by the file system as a discrete logical storage unit. A partition contains at least one volume, and a volume can exist on one or more partitions. A volume that contains data that exists on one partition is called a simple volume, and a volume that contains data that exists on more than one partition is called a multipartition volume.

For more information on how to manage volumes, see Volume Management and Volume Management Reference.