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| 1217865 | 2011-07-20 05:23:00 | What is the difference between a Primary disk and a Logical disk? | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1217866 | 2011-07-20 05:26:00 | en.wikipedia.org wiki.answers.com |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1217867 | 2011-07-20 08:27:00 | I could be wrong, coz I've been a bit at sea with some of the foramtting jargon at times myself, but I believe Primary (as opposed to secondary) refers to a single physical HDD, which is configured as the first item to access on that particular interface (or cable). Whereas a logical drive can be a physical drive, or any number of portions (partitions) of that drive. For example, I have only one HDD installed, but it is partitioned into C: and D:, giving 2 logical drives from the one physical drive. Your primary drive will typically get C: assigned to it's first active pratition. Your secendary drive(s) will typically get assigned drive letters further along the alphabet. The whole primary/secondary thing seems destined to history now with SATA interfaces supporting only one physical drive per cable. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1217868 | 2011-07-20 10:38:00 | What is the difference between a Primary disk and a Logical disk? Do you mean "primary partition" and "logical partition"? A traditional partitioning system allows up to 4 primary partitions on a disk. If you wanted more than 4 partitions then you would remove one of the primary partitions and replace it with an extended partition which is like a placeholder for many logical partitions (inside the extended partition). |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1217869 | 2011-07-20 12:00:00 | Do you mean "primary partition" and "logical partition"? A traditional partitioning system allows up to 4 primary partitions on a disk. If you wanted more than 4 partitions then you would remove one of the primary partitions and replace it with an extended partition which is like a placeholder for many logical partitions (inside the extended partition). Yes I should have said the difference between primary and logical partitions. |
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