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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
Up till now i've always done the following 1 drive - Primary is C - then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ? only 1 o/s to boot from thanks p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine but i do and thats fine as well |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
2009 wrote:
Up till now i've always done the following Doesnt mean it makes any sense. 1 drive - Primary is C - then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ? Really doesnt matter much either way. only 1 o/s to boot from p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine but i do Easy to claim. Hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim. and thats fine as well |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
2009 wrote:
Up till now i've always done the following 1 drive - Primary is C - then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ? only 1 o/s to boot from thanks p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine but i do and thats fine as well While you do not strictly _need_ partitions, it is a good idea to have them. That way you can do a separate backup for the system and the data and maybe even separate some applications from the system. AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries on one disk. Apart from that, there is no inherent drawback in using extended partitions, so go ahead. Arno |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
"Arno" wrote:
[.......] AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries on one disk. [....] Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended. The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24 according to PCGuide: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html *TimDaniels*. |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
You don't need more than 4 parts, so forget about the extended. Just use primaries.
"2009" wrote in message ... Up till now i've always done the following 1 drive - Primary is C - then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ? only 1 o/s to boot from |
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Eric Gisin wrote:
You don't need more than 4 parts, so forget about the extended. Just use primaries. I've needed up to 5, when doing a Linux/Windows dual-boot. "2009" wrote in message ... Up till now i've always done the following 1 drive - Primary is C - then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ? only 1 o/s to boot from |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
Timothy Daniels wrote:
"Arno" wrote: [.......] AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries on one disk. [....] Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended. The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24 according to PCGuide: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back. Arno |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
Arno wrote:
Timothy Daniels wrote: "Arno" wrote: [.......] AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries on one disk. [....] Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended. The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24 according to PCGuide: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years Nope, it never ever was. and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back. It never was a problem. |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
On 24 Apr 2009 03:29:54 GMT, Arno put finger to
keyboard and composed: Timothy Daniels wrote: "Arno" wrote: [.......] AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries on one disk. [....] Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended. The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24 according to PCGuide: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/...titions-c.html Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back. Arno I don't use Win XP, but the FDISK command that ships with Win9x can only create one primary and one extended partition. You need 3rd party software to create additional primary partitions. However, Win9x has no problem seeing and using the extra primaries. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?
Nobody uses Win 9X, except for some deranged newbies.
"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message ... I don't use Win XP, but the FDISK command that ships with Win9x can only create one primary and one extended partition. You need 3rd party software to create additional primary partitions. However, Win9x has no problem seeing and using the extra primaries. |
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