How to create extended partition on Vista

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mahesh.nimbalkar

Hi,

I wanted to create extended partition on my Vista OS. It already has 4
partition and its now allowing to create one more primary partition.
So want to create extended partition.

Please let me know how to do it.

Thanks,
Mahesh
 
I do not want to delete exisiting partition so if extended is not
possible then how to create dynamic partition?

Thanks,
Mahesh
 
Vista Disk Management only creates primary partitions. If you need to create
extended partitions use a 3rd party partition tool.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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That should be:

Vista Disk Management only creates primary partitions. If you need to create
extended logical partitions use a 3rd party partition tool. An extended
partition is a primary partition.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
 
Hi,

I wanted to create extended partition on my Vista OS. It already has 4
partition and its now allowing to create one more primary partition.
So want to create extended partition.

Please let me know how to do it.
Click to expand...

If you're feeling adventurous, use diskpart.exe.
 
mecky said:
Wrong information! Vista Disk Management creates also extended
partitions and logical drives.

microsoft.com says:
"When you create partitions on a basic disk using Disk Management, the
first three volumes you create will be formatted as primary partitions.
Beginning with the fourth volume, each volume will be configured as a
logical drive within an extended partition."
(http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/d9a4d35e-efdf-406c-a049-0860180129a71033.mspx,
you have to click 'Show all' in order to see that text.)

In case one doesn't want to have 3 primary partitions, it should be
possible to create three small primary partitions and delete two of them
later, as suggested here:
http://www.optimizingpc.com/install/partitioningharddisk.html.
Click to expand...


You could use the diskpart command from an elevated command prompt to create
an extended partition.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465.aspx
 
Em Domingo, 4 de Janeiro de 2009 15:38, mecky escreveu:
Wrong information! Vista Disk Management creates also extended
partitions and logical drives.

microsoft.com says:
"When you create partitions on a basic disk using Disk Management, the
first three volumes you create will be formatted as primary partitions.
Beginning with the fourth volume, each volume will be configured as a
logical drive within an extended partition."
(http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/d9a4d35e-efdf-406c-a049-0860180129a71033.mspx,
you have to click 'Show all' in order to see that text.)

In case one doesn't want to have 3 primary partitions, it should be
possible to create three small primary partitions and delete two of them
later, as suggested here:
http://www.optimizingpc.com/install/partitioningharddisk.html.
Click to expand...
As allways, microsoft's tools do things the most stupid way it can be
done...
No wonder why microsoft's manual readers are so ignorant.
 
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