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What is the meaning of mount pont? with respect to windows file server.

What is the meaning of mount pont? with respect to windows file server.
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Unix/Linux uses a higherarchy/tree type Layout starting with the root/top of the tree as /

 every partition can be set to be accessible from a different reference.

As others pointed out, partitions are commonly accessed by drive letters. The driver letters are equivalent to mount points.
A more direct representation as Peter and rindi pointed/.
Lets say you want your system to only have one drive letter c:
but the space for the partition where C: exists is small.
So you add another/a few drives.
You partition each additional drive. to maintain single drive reference, instead of assigning a drive letter to each partition within diskmanagement interface, you assign each additional partition a parh
drive 2 partition1 will be accessible as c:\newdrive2_1
drive 2 partition2 will be accessib;e as c:\newdrive2_2

though usually it could be
OS/boot drive 1, c:
drive 2 partition1 c:\users
drive2 partition 2 c:\programdata
dirve 3 partition1 c:\program files
drive 3 partition 2 c:\program files (x86
drive 4 e:\

the references are "mount" points
Traditionally on Windows a mount point would be seen as as an additional drive,say a D: drive (or anything between D & Z) but a mount point can also be a folder, so that a folder name in "Documents" could be in C: or it could be on D: (or Z: or ... )
satheesh-kumar,

Is there something you still haven't understood? Then please come back and follow up. If not, then please come back and close the Question.
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Thanks Rindi,

I am closing this question.
Thanks