Question on HD partitions.

[Jonny]

Before things heat up unnecessarily let me explain a few things. I guess
everyone misunderstood my question.

I didn't ask what is or what do you mean by a primary or logical partition
or active partition or how many primary/ logical /active partitions can
you
create.

I do not wish to create any partitions. I already have them. I just want
to
change their properties (primary/logical/active) and want to know what
advantage/disadvantage will I get by doing so in terms of the performance
of
Windows (or my computer as such).

Let me explain my question through two screenshots with two different
cases
(which are marked with red boundaries). This is about the partition H:

Case 1 (H: is Primary)
http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/8877/2001640656955000948_rs.jpg

Case 2 (H: is Logical)
http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/7382/2000683714498886963_rs.jpg

Now what I want to know is in what way is Case 1 advantageous over Case 2
and vice versa. Again by "advantage" I mean performance of Windows.

Only advantage is the number of logical drives allowed within an extended
partition far exceeds the primary partition limitation per hard drive. The
disadvantage is if the extended partition fails, access to data within the
logical partitions is inaccessible using XP tools/environment.

Just comparing primary to logical, no measurable difference in performance.
Your choice.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Before things heat up unnecessarily let me explain a few things. I
guess everyone misunderstood my question.

I didn't ask what is or what do you mean by a primary or logical
partition or active partition or how many primary/ logical /active
partitions can you create.

I do not wish to create any partitions. I already have them. I just
want to change their properties (primary/logical/active) and want to
know what advantage/disadvantage will I get by doing so in terms of
the performance of Windows (or my computer as such).

There are *no* performance differences either way. "Don't fix what ain't
broke."