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On a Dell Precision 650, I installed a second SCSI U320 HDD (drive 1).
When I went to partition it with XP-Pro's Disk Management function my
assumption was that I would simply create more logical drives (volumes)
as part of the existing extended partition that had already been created
on existing SCSI U320 drive 0 (which has a primary partition and two
logical volumes in the extended partition). I was able to create one
additional logical volume on drive 1 but then Disk Management wouldn't
let me create any more logical volumes in the unused space on drive 1;
wanting, instead, for me to create a new primary partition on drive 1.
I'm confused. Does XP require each HDD in a multiple HDD system to have
a primary partition whether you want additional primary partitions or
not? Alternatively, am I doing something wrong?
Any suggestions, advice, or pointers to printed references would be most
appreciated.
When I went to partition it with XP-Pro's Disk Management function my
assumption was that I would simply create more logical drives (volumes)
as part of the existing extended partition that had already been created
on existing SCSI U320 drive 0 (which has a primary partition and two
logical volumes in the extended partition). I was able to create one
additional logical volume on drive 1 but then Disk Management wouldn't
let me create any more logical volumes in the unused space on drive 1;
wanting, instead, for me to create a new primary partition on drive 1.
I'm confused. Does XP require each HDD in a multiple HDD system to have
a primary partition whether you want additional primary partitions or
not? Alternatively, am I doing something wrong?
Any suggestions, advice, or pointers to printed references would be most
appreciated.