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| Thread ID: 38179 | 2003-09-29 22:26:00 | How do you create 2 Primary partitions? | Jase1 (459) | Press F1 |
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| 179157 | 2003-10-03 06:12:00 | > Well, all I can say I pretty damn annoyed with this partitioning Yes, I bet you are! It took me four goes to do it myself so I know how you feel. :8} My system is currently dual booting with Red Hat rather than two versions of Windows so I did not need to use FDISK with Win XP but when I partitioned the other computer, which is running Win 98 I found this site (http://fdisk.radified.com/) to be very good at explaining it all. It is well worth reading. I take it that you also read the forum's FAQ #2 Multi-booting a Windows System? Just remember that to format in FAT32 Win XP needs partitions smaller than 32GB as was mentioned previously. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 179158 | 2003-10-03 08:18:00 | Microsoft Fdisk is a DOS based application and as such will only create ONE primary partition plus ONE extended partition which can contain an unlimited number of logical drives; of which only a maximum of 23 will be recognised on a computer with ONE physical hard drive, ONE floppy drive and NO cd drive . Refer here - . liunet . edu/~mdevi/win32/LogicalVolumes . htm" target="_blank">phoenix . liunet . edu Microsoft Fdisk is version specific (DOS, Windows 9x, etc) and each version has its own limitations regarding maximum hard drive partition size and format file structure . Refer here - . geocities . com/SiliconValley/Park/3254/refpartn . html" target="_blank">www . geocities . com XP and 2000 create primary partitions by default and any formatting is NTFS by default . NT based Microsoft operating systems recognise multiple primary partitions on the same hard drive . FAT partitions are formatted FAT32 by default unless the partition is under 512Mb . MS info here - . microsoft . com/?kbid=313348" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com To create more than one primary partition use either a non Microsoft application or use Disk Manager in an installed NT based Microsoft operating system . Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool -- shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple -- teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep -- wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise -- follow him! - Lady Burton (wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton), given as an Arabian proverb |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 179159 | 2003-10-03 08:28:00 | Formatted better Microsoft Fdisk is a DOS based application and as such will only create ONE primary partition plus ONE extended partition which can contain an unlimited number of logical drives; of which only a maximum of 23 will be recognised on a computer with ONE physical hard drive, ONE floppy drive and NO cd drive . Refer here - phoenix . liunet . edu/~mdevi/win32/LogicalVolumes . htm ( . liunet . edu/~mdevi/win32/LogicalVolumes . htm" target="_blank">phoenix . liunet . edu) Microsoft Fdisk is version specific (DOS, Windows 9x, etc) and each version has its own limitations regarding maximum hard drive partition size and format file structure . Refer here - www . geocities . com/SiliconValley/Park/3254/refpartn . html ( . geocities . com/SiliconValley/Park/3254/refpartn . html" target="_blank">www . geocities . com) XP and 2000 create primary partitions by default and any formatting is NTFS by default . NT based Microsoft operating systems recognise multiple primary partitions on the same hard drive . FAT partitions are formatted FAT32 by default unless the partition is under 512Mb . MS info here - support . microsoft . com/?kbid=313348 ( . microsoft . com/?kbid=313348" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com) To create more than one primary partition use either a non Microsoft application or use Disk Manager in an installed NT based Microsoft operating system . Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool -- shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple -- teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep -- wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise -- follow him! - Lady Burton (wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton), given as an Arabian proverb |
Merlin (503) | ||
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