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Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?



 
 
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Old April 22nd 09, 12:02 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
2009
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Default 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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Old April 22nd 09, 04:52 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Rod Speed
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Default 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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Old April 22nd 09, 05:59 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Arno[_3_]
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Default 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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Old April 22nd 09, 05:56 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Timothy Daniels[_3_]
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"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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Old April 22nd 09, 09:28 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Eric Gisin
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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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Old April 23rd 09, 07:57 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
chrisv
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Default Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?

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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Old April 24th 09, 04:29 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Arno[_3_]
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Default 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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Old April 24th 09, 08:37 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
sam[_6_]
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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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Old April 27th 09, 02:18 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Franc Zabkar
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Default 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
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Old April 27th 09, 04:34 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Eric Gisin
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Default 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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