Re: Can a (second) hard disc consist of only 1 extended/logical partition? Or is at least one primary necessary?
- From: "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:19:37 -0500
"Jason Stacy" <jjstacy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Assume I have a second hard disc in my system.
Can I put only one extended/logical partiton on it?
The term is "disk" when referring to a hard drive.
The term is "disc" when referring to DVD/CD media.
An extended partition is a container for a logical partition, and a logical
partition exists within an extended partition's confines. That does not
mean, as you imply, that a logical partition will/must exist with an
extended partition created. XP does both when creating a logical partition
invisibly.
An extended partition may exist on all the available freespace on a hard
drive. The extended partiton may also take any amount of freespace less
than that. The container and boundary information of an extended partition
uses about 7MB of space.
or is at least one primary partition per hard disc necessary?
A primary partition is not absolutely needed except for use as bootable
media, and must be active if so for that purpose. If needed, the primary
should be made before the extended.
If you don't need more than 4 partitions, primary partitions will work fine
for you in any event for simple data storage on second hard drive. Just
depends which to use on how you use partitions to classify the data you
intend to store.
--
Dave
Hypocrisy. Big SUV, filament lights on all night. You think your neighbor
should be changiing to compact fluorescent light bulbs and driving the
hybrid.
.
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