why four primary partitions?
Last response: in Windows 2000/NT
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How did Microsoft arrive at the quantity of four for
primary partitions (or three and one extended)? The need
for one is obvious. But why the jump to four?
How did Microsoft arrive at the quantity of four for
primary partitions (or three and one extended)? The need
for one is obvious. But why the jump to four?
More about : primary partitions
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)
Stephen
That was not a Microsoft decision. It is a limit of the partition table, an
industry standard for x86-computers, that has room for up to four entries.
Best regards
Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Stephen Jones" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>How did Microsoft arrive at the quantity of four for
>primary partitions (or three and one extended)? The need
>for one is obvious. But why the jump to four?
Stephen
That was not a Microsoft decision. It is a limit of the partition table, an
industry standard for x86-computers, that has room for up to four entries.
Best regards
Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Stephen Jones" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>How did Microsoft arrive at the quantity of four for
>primary partitions (or three and one extended)? The need
>for one is obvious. But why the jump to four?
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