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Any issues with using all Primary Partitions?

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ScottD

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Hello all,

I am putting together my new comp and am now planning my hard drive setups. I have 4 HD's (1x 74Gb, 2x 120Gb, 1x 320Gb) and am only thinking of perhaps breaking the 320 down into 2 partitions. I know I can use up to 4 primary partitions on any given disk but I was wondering if there were any possible concerns about using all Primary as opposed to Extended/Logical partitions?

Since I only plan one OS to be used, I believe I only need one primary (unless all HD's require atleast one primary before an extended can be created).

If all partitions are primary, is there ever any issue (using XP Pro) of drive letters randomly swapping themselves around on me after reboots?

I am just wondering what the best route for me to take is using only one OS.

Thanks

Oh, one last thing... I have read that I should create a separate small partition for the pagefile/virtual memory. Should this be located on my faster raptor drive (with the OS) or should I still locate it on one of the other drives?
 
FWIW: I am using all primary partitions and I have not felt any adverse effects.
 
You normally don't setup extended partitions on a disk if it's the only partition for that disk. Extended partitions normally come into play when you have multiple partitions on one disk. You will be fine running several disks with each having a single primary partition.
 
hmm, i've always done primary/extended on my main drive and then extended on the rest of my drives. i have not noticed anything wrong with my systems. i dont run a raid either.

i never knew each seperate drive was suppose to be primary though. hmm....
 
protias said:
hmm, i've always done primary/extended on my main drive and then extended on the rest of my drives. i have not noticed anything wrong with my systems. i dont run a raid either.

i never knew each seperate drive was suppose to be primary though. hmm....
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You don't HAVE to do them all as primary. All primary partitions or a primary with extended partitions, it's all good! :D You just won't be able to boot from any of the extended partition disks. It comes in handy when testing operating systems which and you don't want to use boot managers. You can set your boot disk in BIOS to an alternate disk with a primary partition.

side note: This automated keyword highlighting, underlining, linking bullshit is annoying.
 
The only disadvantage to using only primary partitions is if you later need more partitions. With an extended partition, you can add as many partitions as you might need; with primary partitions you're limited to four.
 
unhappy_mage said:
The only disadvantage to using only primary partitions is if you later need more partitions. With an extended partition, you can add as many partitions as you might need; with primary partitions you're limited to four.
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You are limited to four primary partitions per each physical disk, or three primary partitions and one extended partition per each physical disk. I can't remember what the limit is if there was one on the amount of logical partitions that can be setup within an extended partition.
 
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