Re: logical drive and extended partition

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JS,
Tx for the reply.
Understood.
I was told (by none other than manufacturer of ext drive) that external drives did indeed need primary partition as ALL drives need at least a primary partition but i take it that is also incorrect?

They also are the ones saying talking about "some" loss in extended as opposed to primaries.


JS wrote:
1) Yes you must create and then format one or more logical drives in an Extended partition.
2) Not aware of any performance loss associated with extended partitions.

Note: your external drive does not need a primary partition if you do not plan to install another copy of Windows.

JS

"stef" <stef.bm_at_hotmail.removethis.com> wrote in message news:OstIwdJyGHA.4392@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Win XP HE

Hi,

Just bought an external firewire hard drive.

I need to reformat and partition it properly and I have never done it before....

Question 1) If I create an extended partition, after my primary, MUST I ALSO create a logical drive in the extended partition for it to work at all?

OR,

an extended partition does NOT need a logical drive and no sense in creating one in the extended partition if I will not create several other logical drives in it.

(I suspect I do need to create a logical drive in the extended partition for it to work at all but not sure.....)

Question 2): Completely separately from question 1) I am led to believe that while there is nothing wrong with extended partitions, they do not perform as well or as fast, etc., as primaries, i.e. SOME performance is lost. True or false?

If true, then should stick to making 2 primaries in new external hard disk if no real need for several logical drives in extended partition.


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