Partitioning - any tips on Primary Extended Logical ?

[2009]

Up till now i've always done the following

1 drive - Primary is C -

then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data


any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ?

only 1 o/s to boot from


thanks



p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine

but i do

and thats fine as well

 

[Rod Speed]

Up till now i've always done the following

Doesnt mean it makes any sense.

1 drive - Primary is C -

then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data

any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ?

Really doesnt matter much either way.

only 1 o/s to boot from

p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine

but i do

Easy to claim. Hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.

 

[Arno]

Up till now i've always done the following

1 drive - Primary is C -

then an Extended with maybe 1 or 2 logical for data

any comments on this as i think / thought extended is the way to go ?

only 1 o/s to boot from




p.s. i know some people think you dont need partitions and thats fine

but i do

and thats fine as well

While you do not strictly _need_ partitions, it is a good idea to
have them. That way you can do a separate backup for the system
and the data and maybe even separate some applications from the
system.

AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises extended
partitions as it does not know how to handle several primaries
on one disk. Apart from that, there is no inherent drawback in using
extended partitions, so go ahead.

Arno

 

[Eric Gisin]

You don't need more than 4 parts, so forget about the extended. Just use primaries.

 

[Arno]

[.......]
AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises
extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several
primaries on one disk. [....]

Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions
on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended.
The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24
according to PCGuide:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structPartitions-c.html

Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years
and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back.

Arno

 

[sam]

[.......]
AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises
extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several
primaries on one disk. [....]

Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions
on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended.
The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24
according to PCGuide:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structPartitions-c.html

Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years

Nope, it never ever was.

and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back.

It never was a problem.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

[.......]
AFAIK, for Windows you do not have much choice bedises
extended partitions as it does not know how to handle several
primaries on one disk. [....]

Say what? Windows accommodates up to 4 Primary partitions
on a single hard disk, or one to three Primaries plus one Extended.
The Extended partitions may have "many" logical drives - up to 24
according to PCGuide:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structPartitions-c.html

Well, then thi has finally be fixed. It was an issue for years
and I frankly did not try it again after it failed way back.

Arno

I don't use Win XP, but the FDISK command that ships with Win9x can
only create one primary and one extended partition. You need 3rd party
software to create additional primary partitions. However, Win9x has
no problem seeing and using the extra primaries.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Eric Gisin]

Nobody uses Win 9X, except for some deranged newbies.