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hi,

can someone point me to a place where i can find out more about disc partitions?
i would like to understand, when i'm in Disk Management in XP, the differences between primary, extended partitions and logical drives.

following Opus' guide, partition (C)System is primary, (D)Multimedia -same physical disk- is logical drive and so is (E)Audio.

i've also got another HD (120GB) in a external USB2.0 enclosure;
i've partitionned that one as logical drive too; is that good?
but, how come i can't format it as FAT32?

system:
Intel D850 EMV2, P4 2.4G, 512MB RAM, WinXP pro, Nuendo

thanx in advance

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lorenzo gerace Wed, 01/29/2003 - 23:51

Hi

Maybe you can find some infos [[url=http://[/URL]="B">http://support.micr…"]Here[/]="B">http://support.micr…"]Here[/] , thats' where I got some valuable infos on how to set up a dual boot system (and relative partitions); from there try doing a search for the word "partition" if you need more or other.

Hope this helps

L.G.

Ethan Winer Fri, 01/31/2003 - 07:01

Fabrice,

> can someone point me to a place where i can find out more about disc partitions? <

I described the basics as they apply to music computers in Part 1 of my recent series for Keyboard magazine. It's now on my web site:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/articles.html

> differences between primary, extended partitions and logical drives. <

There can be up to four primary partitions on a hard drive. But if you make one of those an extended partition, you can then create as many logical partitions underneath as you want.

> i've also got another HD (120GB) in a external USB2.0 enclosure; ... how come i can't format it as FAT32? <

I think 120 GB exceeds the maximum for a FAT32 partition.

--Ethan