Partition

#1 (**permalink**) 07-27-2007

Why the hard drive can only have 4 primary partition. If i want do more, what should i do?

Sprellarinn · #2 (**permalink**) 07-28-2007

Create an extended partition. Use one of those four primary partition to create four extended partitions. In that way you can have partition 1,2 and 3 for use as primary partitions. Partition 4 would be an "link" to extended partitions 5,6,7 and 8 which will be for your usage.

#3 (**permalink**) 07-29-2007

thank you for your reply i will try it when i have the opportunity

porter · #4 (**permalink**) 07-29-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaNoNeR

Why the hard drive can only have 4 primary partition. If i want do more, what should i do?

Let me guess, this is a commodity i?86 based system? Put it down to classic PC architecture historical limitations.

You can have an extended partition which allows four more contained partitions. This is a good example of extending a standard while trying to avoid breaking it.

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