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Creat more than 4 partitions on HDD
Name: Mark Date: December 8, 2000 at 16:54:09 Pacific
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Does any body know how to create more than 4 disk partitions using the NT Disk Administrator? I have a 20 Gb drive that I want to create 10 partitions on and after 4 partitions I get the message that I can't creat more then 4 partitions on a Logical Drive. Thanks
Name: cleo Date: December 8, 2000 at 17:32:21 Pacific
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You can create 3 primary partitions and one extended partition - the extended partition can be divided in as many logical partitions as there are letters of the alphabet.
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Response Number 2
Name: Martin Date: December 11, 2000 at 11:45:08 Pacific
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One question - Why so many partitions ? Many partitions typically cause many problems, depending upon the # of OSes that you wish to install. 10 OS systems could cause BIG problems !
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Response Number 3
Name: cleo Date: December 16, 2000 at 07:15:54 Pacific
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I would have a separate partition for each Operating System you plan to install so when you are finished with one and you don't want it anymore, you can just format that partition. Plus you should keep your data on a separate partition from your operating systems. And one more detail, imagine how long it would take to run Defrag on a 20 gig partition - it could take days ! No word of a lie.
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