As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when there are already 4 primary partitions.
Is this true?

Cindy

On 9/18/2010 9:09 AM, Cindy Parker wrote:
> As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when there are already 4 primary partitions.
> Is this true?

Yes. Basic MBR disks are limited to 4 partitions, one of which can be
an extended partition containing logical drives.

John

On 9/18/2010 9:09 AM, Cindy Parker wrote:
> As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when there are already 4 primary partitions.
> Is this true?

Yes. Basic MBR disks are limited to 4 partitions, one of which can be
an extended partition containing logical drives.

John

On 18 Sep 2010 12:09:19 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Cindy Parker) wrote:

>As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when there are already 4 primary partitions.
>Is this true?
>
>Cindy


Use a virtual drive ?

On 18 Sep 2010 12:09:19 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Cindy Parker) wrote:

> As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when there are already 4 primary partitions.
> Is this true?



Yes, that's correct. Or to put it the usual way, you can only have
four partitions.

Yes, I'm aware that many people will say they have more than four
"partitions." But they really don't. Although we almost all use the
term "partition" informally that way, some of those "partitions" are
really logical drives within an extended partition.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Cindy Parker wrote:

> As I found out I cannot create an extended/logical partition when
> there are already 4 primary partitions. Is this true?

The MBR (master boot record - the first sector of the first track on the
first BIOS-detectable hard disk) contains the partition table. The
partition table only permits up to 4 entries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record

VanguardLH wrote:
> NOTE: FollowUp-To was ignored. The original list was restored to the
> Newsgroups header in my reply. Don't shotgun around trying to hit a
> larger audience to then yank it away from the groups that YOU decided to
> include. If your thread wasn't worthy of discussion in the other groups
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Who the **** are you to lecture people on what they should do and not
do. Go and suck your daughter's prick or tell her to suck our cocks!

Note: A wannabe troll's attempt to redirect replies into a test group
was obvious and thwarted. The Newsgroups header was restored to its
original list in my reply.

Tester wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> NOTE: FollowUp-To was ignored. The original list was restored to the
>> Newsgroups header in my reply. Don't shotgun around trying to hit a
>> larger audience to then yank it away from the groups that YOU decided to
>> include. If your thread wasn't worthy of discussion in the other groups
>> then don't cross-post there.
>
> Who the **** are you to lecture people on what they should do and not
> do. Go and suck your daughter's prick or tell her to suck our cocks!

A child speaks with the mindset of an infant. Testy now runs to his
mommy to beg if he can suckle some more. Big bad world scares Testy.

"VanguardLH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i7391b$pil$(E-Mail Removed)...
> NOTE: FollowUp-To was ignored. The original list was restored to the
> Newsgroups header in my reply. Don't shotgun around trying to hit a
> larger audience to then yank it away from the groups that YOU decided to
> include. If your thread wasn't worthy of discussion in the other groups
> then don't cross-post there.
>
err... at the risk of being blasted,. some newsreader do respect followup up
to tag and ignore original newgroups list.

I'll give the benefit of doubt to the OP not knowing that followup tag is
not necessary in order to watch from just one newsgroup

VanguardLH wrote:

> The MBR (master boot record - the first sector of the first track on the
> first BIOS-detectable hard disk) contains the partition table. The
> partition table only permits up to 4 entries.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record

Note that the valid responses assumed you are using the old MBR (master
boot record) scheme for partitioning your hard disks. When I wrote my
prior reply, I knew there was a different partitioning scheme but
couldn't remember its name at the time. I've yet to hit a host where it
was host. There is a new GUID partition table (GPT) scheme; see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

Only some 64-bit versions of Windows can use the GPT scheme. From my
reading of the wiki article, you could have 32 partitions. I wouldn't
play around with GPT because it's not likely your computer has the
BIOS/EFI needed for it, OS support is iffy, and hardware utilities would
probably **** it all up.