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Basic disk
A physical disk that can be accessed by MS‑DOS and all Windows-based operating systems. Basic disks can
contain up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and an extended partition with multiple logical
drives.
What are partitions and logical drives?
A partition, sometimes also called a volume, is an area on a hard disk that can be formatted with a file system
and identified with a letter of the alphabet. For example, drive C on most Windows computers is a partition.
In this version of Windows, when you use Disk Management, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in,
to create partitions on a basic disk, the first three partitions you create are primary partitions. These can be used
to start an operating system. If you want to create more than three partitions, the fourth partition is created as an
extended partition.
An extended partition is a way to get around a limit on the number of primary partitions a basic disk can have. An
extended partition is a container that can hold one or more logical drives. Logical drives function like primary
partitions except that they cannot be used to start an operating system.
A hard disk needs to be partitioned and formatted before you can store data on it. Many computers are
partitioned as a single partition that equals the size of the hard disk. Partitioning a hard disk into several smaller
partitions is not required, but it can be useful for organizing data on your hard disk. Some users prefer to have
separate partitions for the Windows operating system files, programs, and personal data.
Partition
Part of a computer hard disk that functions like a separate disk. Separate, formatted partitions share your
computer's memory and storage space. Partitions allow you to install more than one operating system on the
computer.
Primary partition
A type of partition created on basic disks that can host an operating system and functions as though it were a
physically separate disk. Also called a volume. Up to four primary partitions can be created on a basic disk.
Extended partition
A type of partition on a basic disk that should be used if you want to create more than four volumes. Extended
partitions can contain multiple logical drives that can be formatted and have drive letters assigned to them.
What are basic and dynamic disks?
Basic disks and dynamic disks are two types of hard disk configurations in Windows. Most personal computers
are configured as basic disks, which are the simplest to manage. Advanced users and IT professionals can
make use of dynamic disks, which use multiple hard disks within a computer to manage data, usually for
increased performance or reliability.
Note
Only Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate editions support dynamic disks.
A basic disk uses primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize data. A formatted
partition is also called a volume (the terms volume and partition are often used interchangeably). In this version
of Windows, basic disks can have either four primary partitions or three primary and one extended partition. The
extended partition can contain multiple logical drives (up to 128 logical drives are supported). The partitions on a
basic disk cannot share or split data with other partitions. Each partition on a basic disk is a separate entity on
the disk.
Dynamic disks can contain a large number of dynamic volumes (approximately 2000) that function like the
primary partitions used on basic disks. In some versions of Windows, you can combine separate dynamic hard
disks into a single dynamic volume (called spanning), split data among several hard disks (called striping) for
increased performance, or duplicate data among several hard disks (called mirroring) for increased reliability.
Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise editions support spanning and striping dynamic disks,
but not mirroring. (Windows Server 2008 supports mirroring.) For more information for advanced users, go to
the Windows Vista Springboard Resource Guide website.
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