Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

Answered by Ni .. , an ibibo Master, at 3:32 PM on July 12, 2008

Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

Answered by .... ..... , an ibibo Master, at 5:15 AM on July 12, 2008

Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

Answered by Yash , an ibibo Master, at 1:31 PM on July 04, 2008

Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

* An extended partition is not formatted or assigned a drive letter.
* It's essentially a container for logical drives that are formatted and assigned drive letters. Disk 0 and 1 contain extended partitions that have a green band surrounding the logical drives (discussed below) that have been created in the extended partition.

Answered by Gyan Singh , an ibibo Master, at 8:19 PM on June 27, 2008

well rajat, Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

* An extended partition is not formatted or assigned a drive letter.
* It's essentially a container for logical drives that are formatted and assigned drive letters. Disk 0 and 1 contain extended partitions that have a green band surrounding the logical drives (discussed below) that have been created in the extended partition.

Answered by Raksha , an ibibo Master, at 3:31 PM on June 22, 2008

well, Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

* An extended partition is not formatted or assigned a drive letter.
* It's essentially a container for logical drives that are formatted and assigned drive letters. Disk 0 and 1 contain extended partitions that have a green band surrounding the logical drives (discussed below) that have been created in the extended partition.

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 9:42 PM on June 21, 2008

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives

Logical Drive - A logical drive is created within an extended partition. An "unlimited" number of logical drives may be created in an extended partition, formatted and assigned drive letters. Unlimited is another misleading term used in conjunction with logical drives. The reality is you're limited by the number of available drive letters and the amount of hard drive space available for creating drives. In Fig. 01, Disk 1 has two logical drives, F and G, identified by the bright blue color and contained within the extended partition. More Logical drives could be created in the Free Space until you either ran out of drive letters or the Free Space was exhausted

Answered by Madhurima , an ibibo Master, at 1:20 PM on June 20, 2008

hi rajat The primary partition would be the C: drive in windows on the drive windows is installed on. This is the active partition, the one the computer boots off of (assuming you don't have a dual boot). An extended partition is any other partition. A logical drive is one that has been physically (hard) partitioned, where the part of the drive has been physicaly partitioned from the rest of the drive.

Make one the primary partition, but not the active partition. Make the others extended partitions
this is taken from source http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru ms/archive/topic/42038-1.html

Answered by laks , an ibibo Master, at 4:23 PM on June 18, 2008

well, Partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk's space into chunks, so they can be prepared for use, or even dedicated to different uses. Even if the entire disk is intended to be left in one piece, it must be partitioned so that the operating system knows that it is intended to be left in one piece.

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Primary partitions are denoted by the dark blue color.

* There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.
* The Primary partitions do not have to come before Extended partitions as shown on Disk 0.
* A drive is not required to have any Primary partitions as shown by Disk 1
* CD-ROM 1, while it does contain a blank CD, is not shown as containing a partition because there is no data contained on the CD.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives. Look at the color coded key at the bottom of Fig. 01 and you'll see that Extended partitions are denoted by the dark green color.

* An extended partition is not formatted or assigned a drive letter.
* It's essentially a container for logical drives that are formatted and assigned drive letters. Disk 0 and 1 contain extended partitions that have a green band surrounding the logical drives (discussed below) that have been created in the extended partition.

Answered by Uttam , an ibibo Master, at 2:19 PM on June 18, 2008

hi there

Primary Partition - A partition that is used to start an operating system, although you can use primary partitions that don't contain the operating system. There can be up to a maximum of four primary partitions on a single basic disk.

Extended Partition - A partition that can be sub-divided into logical drives

Logical Drive - A logical drive is created within an extended partition. An "unlimited" number of logical drives may be created in an extended partition, formatted and assigned drive letters. Unlimited is another misleading term used in conjunction with logical drives. The reality is you're limited by the number of available drive letters and the amount of hard drive space available for creating drives. In Fig. 01, Disk 1 has two logical drives, F and G, identified by the bright blue color and contained within the extended partition. More Logical drives could be created in the Free Space until you either ran out of drive letters or the Free Space was exhausted.

Answered by Reeta K , an ibibo Master, at 6:20 PM on June 17, 2008