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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: nymph4 on August 19, 2010, 07:43:10 PM

Title: hard drive halp
Post by: nymph4 on August 19, 2010, 07:43:10 PM

If I make two Partitions on a hard drive both partitions will be called two primary partitions right??

But if I take the second primary partition and make it into one more partition that partition will be called the Extanded partition am I right?

Title: Re: hard drive halp
Post by: BC_Programmer on August 19, 2010, 11:12:35 PM

No. You are wrong.

Title: Re: hard drive halp
Post by: grandpa_simpson on August 19, 2010, 11:33:46 PM

If you're hard drive is set up for "Basic", not "dynamic", the standard is that you can have up to 4 primary partitions, or 3 primary partitions w/ one extended partition, divided into as many "logical drives" as you want..


edit: with respect to the "logical drives", as many as you want assuming drive letters are available for them..

Title: Re: hard drive halp
Post by: nymph4 on August 20, 2010, 10:09:22 AM

This is what I ment if I have 4. partitions on my drive they will all be 4 Primary partitions.

But I can only way I have an extened partition is to just have 3. primary partitions and then make the 3. partition Divid again. This will be the extended part.